A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Maketu in New Zealand. Exact location of event, longitude 176.5307 East, latitude -37.6512 South, depth = 250.48 km. Event id: us60004vtm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004vtm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 250.48 km (156 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:02:19 / 10:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/19 / 2019-07-26 10:02:19 / July 26, 2019 @ 10:02 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Kawerau (c. 6 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Matamata (c. 6 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tokoroa, Matamata, Rotorua (min 5000 pop).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 14 km NNE of Maketu, New Zealand.
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