A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Turangi in New Zealand on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 72.95 km (45 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 176.3005 East, latitude -38.9744 South, depth = 72.95 km. The temblor was detected at 18:16:43 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 06:16:43 / April 17, 2020 @ 6:16 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70008y8c. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008y8c.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tokoroa, Hastings, Taradale. Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Hastings (c. 61 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Napier (c. 56 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Taradale (c. 16 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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: 31 km E of Turangi, New Zealand.
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