A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Tokoroa in New Zealand. Id of earthquake: us70005drr. Event ids that are associated: us70005drr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 205.7 km (128 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 175.627° East, latitude -38.3355° South, depth = 205.7 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/19 / 2019-09-09 18:08:40 / September 9, 2019 @ 6:08 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:08:40 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Hamilton (c. 152 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Cambridge (c. 15 200 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tauranga, Ngaruawahia, Hamilton (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 23 km WSW of Tokoroa, New Zealand.
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