A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Murupara in New Zealand. The temblor was detected at 13:08:02 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/16 / 2016-07-09 01:08:02 / July 9, 2016 @ 1:08 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 176.9113° East, -38.5958° South, depth 51.79 km. Event id: us10006240. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006240. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.79 km (32 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rotorua, Taupo, Whakatane (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kawerau (c. 6 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 23 km SE of Murupara, New Zealand.
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