A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Tokoroa in New Zealand. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 176.0789 East, latitude -38.2634 South, depth = 196.7 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 196.7 km (122 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:02:42 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us60003tmv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003tmv. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/05/19 / 2019-05-29 15:02:42 / May 29, 2019 @ 3:02 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Hamilton (c. 152 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Cambridge (c. 15 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hamilton, Whakatane, Cambridge (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km E of Tokoroa, New Zealand.
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