A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Taupo in New Zealand. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:38:42 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60003tpv. Unique identifier: us60003tpv. Exact location of event, depth 185 km, 175.8059° East, -38.5661° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 185 km (115 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/05/19 / 2019-05-29 16:38:42 / May 29, 2019 @ 4:38 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Cambridge (c. 15 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kawerau (c. 6 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Matamata (c. 6 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kawerau, Matamata, Cambridge.
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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km WNW of Taupo, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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