A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Whakatane in New Zealand on Friday. Id of earthquake: us700038k6. Event ids that are associated: us700038k6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:13:07 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 05:13:07 / April 12, 2019 @ 5:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 177.0977° East, latitude -37.5043° South, depth = 152.66 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 152.66 km (95 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tauranga, Kawerau, Whakatane. Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kawerau (c. 6 700 pop). Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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 N of Whakatane, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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