A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Castlepoint in New Zealand. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 176.4068 East, latitude -40.4558 South, depth = 35.77 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.77 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000ea1q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ea1q. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/05/18 / 2018-05-22 17:59:16 / May 22, 2018 @ 5:59 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 05:59:16 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Palmerston North (c. 76 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Masterton (c. 20 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Masterton, Palmerston North (min 5000 pop).
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 eight 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km NNE of Castlepoint, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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