A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Hastings in New Zealand. Global time and date of event 01/08/16 / 2016-08-01 14:36:50 / August 1, 2016 @ 2:36 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 02:36:50 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006ad1. Unique identifier: us10006ad1. Exact location of earthquake, 176.9763° East, -40.3063° South, depth 30.23 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.23 km (19 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Napier, Taradale, Hastings (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Hastings (c. 61 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Napier (c. 56 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Taradale (c. 16 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 74 km S of Hastings, New Zealand.
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