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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Bay View in New Zealand

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Earthquake location -39.1454S, 176.4383WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Bay View in New Zealand on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.456 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000myhx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000myhx. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/24 / 2024-05-14 11:24:58 / May 14, 2024 @ 11:24 am. The temblor was detected at 11:24:58 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 176.4383° East, latitude -39.1454° South, depth = 51.456 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hastings, Taupo, Taradale (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Hastings (c. 61 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Napier (c. 56 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Taradale (c. 16 600 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 two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 47 km NW of Bay View, New Zealand.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 176.4383° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -39.1454° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.456 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km NW of Bay View, 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 2024-05-14 11:24:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-14 21:21:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 10 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.3 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 304 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.485 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us6000myhx Id of event.
Event Code 6000myhx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000myhx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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