A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Taupo in New Zealand. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/09/19 / 2019-09-04 07:02:52 / September 4, 2019 @ 7:02 am. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:02:52 / 7:02 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us70005btz. Event ids that are associated: us70005btz. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 175.9424 East, latitude -38.7522 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Kawerau (c. 6 700 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Matamata (c. 6 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Matamata, Kawerau, Rotorua (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 14 km WSW of Taupo, New Zealand.
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