A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Turangi in New Zealand on Tuesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:59:43 / 2:59 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/12/17 / 2017-12-25 14:59:43 / December 25, 2017 @ 2:59 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 175.7845 East, latitude -38.779 South, depth = 148.9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 148.9 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000chun. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000chun. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rotorua, Tokoroa, Taupo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 27 km NNW of Turangi, New Zealand.
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