A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Rotorua in New Zealand. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:10:20 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 08:10:20 / July 8, 2018 @ 8:10 am. Exact location of event, depth 172.22 km, 176.4102° East, -38.1909° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 172.22 km (107 miles). Unique identifier: us2000fzna. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000fzna.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cambridge, Matamata, Taupo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cambridge (c. 15 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km ESE of Rotorua, New Zealand.
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