A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Whakatane in New Zealand on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009bds. Id of event: us60009bds. Global time and date of event 18/04/20 / 2020-04-18 00:54:04 / April 18, 2020 @ 12:54 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 113.58 km (71 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:54:04 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 113.58 km, 177.4431° East, -37.4029° South.
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Whakatane (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 have been detected in the same area.
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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 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: 73 km NNE of Whakatane, New Zealand.
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