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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Bay View in New Zealand

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Earthquake location -39.1397S, 176.4184WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Bay View in New Zealand. Event id: us6000mt26. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mt26. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 176.4184° East, -39.1397° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 21:57:40 / April 22, 2024 @ 9:57 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:57:40 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hastings, Taupo, Napier. Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Hastings (c. 61 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Napier (c. 56 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Taradale (c. 16 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km NW of Bay View, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 176.4184° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -39.1397° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 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 2024-04-22 21:57:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-23 10:16:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 287 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.469 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 89 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 us6000mt26 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mt26 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mt26, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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