A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Maketu in New Zealand. Global time and date of event 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 18:12:08 / December 17, 2016 @ 6:12 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us200081zg. Ids that are associated to the event: us200081zg. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:12:08 / 6:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 176.3499 East, latitude -37.9428 South, depth = 245.57 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 245.57 km (153 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cambridge (c. 15 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taupo, Cambridge, Whakatane (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km SSW of Maketu, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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