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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Hicks Bay in New Zealand


Earthquake location -35.7592S, 179.55WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 232 km NNE of Hicks Bay, New Zealand (144 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 47.783 km (30 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 11:09:01 / April 18, 2024 @ 11:09 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 179.55° East, latitude -35.7592° South, depth = 47.783 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mcuy. Unique identifier: us7000mcuy. The temblor was picked up at 11:09:01 / 11:09 am (local time epicenter).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 232 km NNE of Hicks Bay, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.55° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -35.7592° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.783 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 232 km NNE of Hicks Bay, 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 2024-04-18 11:09:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-14 10:22:41 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 369 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 72 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.059 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us7000mcuy Id of event.
Event Code 7000mcuy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mcuy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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