A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Hastings in New Zealand. Unique identifier: us60003s0b. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003s0b. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.3 km (33 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/05/19 / 2019-05-25 05:52:47 / May 25, 2019 @ 5:52 am. The temblor was detected at 17:52:47 / 5:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 53.3 km, 176.6216° East, -39.8899° South.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Napier, Taradale, Hastings. Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Hastings (c. 61 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Napier (c. 56 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Taradale (c. 16 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 34 km SW of Hastings, New Zealand.
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