A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Hastings in New Zealand. Event id: us2000i6pf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i6pf. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 176.974° East, -39.975° South. The temblor was reported at 21:32:37 / 9:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/11/18 / 2018-11-04 09:32:37 / November 4, 2018 @ 9:32 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Napier, Taradale, Hastings. Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hastings (c. 61 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Napier (c. 56 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Taradale (c. 16 600 pop). Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each 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. 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 struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km SSE of Hastings, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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