A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Castlepoint in New Zealand. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 21:20:30 / January 2, 2019 @ 9:20 pm. The temblor was detected at 09:20:30 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 176.5184 East, latitude -41.006 South, depth = 24.24 km. Id of earthquake: us2000izx7. Event ids that are associated: us2000izx7. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Masterton (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Masterton (c. 20 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 27 km ESE of Castlepoint, New Zealand.
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