A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Maketu in New Zealand. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 21:15:07 / November 21, 2016 @ 9:15 pm. Exact location of event, depth 189.75 km, 176.3491° East, -37.6568° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 189.75 km (118 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:15:07 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10007b8g. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007b8g.
Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Hamilton (c. 152 600 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Cambridge (c. 15 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Thames (c. 7 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hamilton, Thames, Cambridge (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km NW of Maketu, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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