A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Taupo in New Zealand. Exact location of event, depth 165.88 km, 175.9417° East, -38.5268° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 00:03:43 / May 16, 2018 @ 12:03 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000e5zu. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e5zu. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:03:43 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 165.88 km (103 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Cambridge (c. 15 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Kawerau (c. 6 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Matamata (c. 6 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tauranga, Cambridge, Kawerau (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 nine 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 21 km NW of Taupo, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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