A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Maketu in New Zealand. Exact location, longitude 176.8995° East, latitude -37.2204° South, depth = 261.31 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ddsk. Unique identifier: us1000ddsk. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 261.31 km (162 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:05:30 / 6:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/03/18 / 2018-03-26 18:05:30 / March 26, 2018 @ 6:05 pm.
Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tauranga, Whakatane (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. 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: 72 km NNE of Maketu, New Zealand.
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