A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Wairoa in New Zealand. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/02/18 / 2018-02-04 18:15:23 / February 4, 2018 @ 6:15 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 177.572 East, latitude -39.0812 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:15:23 / 6:15 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000cfqv. Unique identifier: us1000cfqv. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Hastings (c. 61 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Napier (c. 56 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Gisborne (c. 34 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Taradale (c. 16 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hastings, Taradale, Napier (min 5000 pop).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 18 km ESE of Wairoa, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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