Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Turangi in New Zealand

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Turangi in New Zealand. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.49 km (77 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000de5b. Event ids that are associated: us7000de5b. Exact location of earthquake, 175.7342° East, -38.8381° South, depth 123.49 km. Global time and date of event 27/02/21 / 2021-02-27 11:42:54 / February 27, 2021 @ 11:42 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 11:42:54 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rotorua, Tokoroa, Taupo. The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 18 km NNW of Turangi, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	175.7342° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-38.8381° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	123.49 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18 km NNW of Turangi, 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	2021-02-27 11:42:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-27 12:01:09	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	354	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	0.76	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.5 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	58	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	us7000de5b	Id of event.
Event Code	7000de5b	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000de5b,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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