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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Tokoroa in New Zealand

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Tokoroa in New Zealand. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/03/20 / 2020-03-08 13:56:58 / March 8, 2020 @ 1:56 pm. Event id: us60008c2i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60008c2i. Exact location of event, longitude 175.9901 East, latitude -38.1598 South, depth = 211.09 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 211.09 km (131 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 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:56:58 / 1:56 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ngaruawahia, Whakatane, Hamilton (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Hamilton (c. 152 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Cambridge (c. 15 200 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km NE of Tokoroa, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	175.9901° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-38.1598° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	211.09 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km NE of Tokoroa, New Zealand	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-03-08 13:56:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-08 14:14:13	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	720	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	312	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.576	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	67	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us60008c2i	Id of event.
Event Code	60008c2i	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60008c2i,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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