A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Maketu in New Zealand. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us700069rf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700069rf. Exact location of event, longitude 176.6597 East, latitude -37.5617 South, depth = 233.56 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 233.56 km (145 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/11/19 / 2019-11-19 03:21:50 / November 19, 2019 @ 3:21 am. The temblor was picked up at 15:21:50 / 3:21 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kawerau (c. 6 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Matamata (c. 6 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Matamata, Rotorua, Kawerau (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 29 km NE of Maketu, New Zealand.
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