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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Stratford in New Zealand

Posted by admin on June 15, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -39.1513S, 174.7574WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Stratford in New Zealand on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/06/24 / 2024-06-15 16:42:47 / June 15, 2024 @ 4:42 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 224.236 km (139 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000msp6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000msp6. Exact location, longitude 174.7574° East, latitude -39.1513° South, depth = 224.236 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:42:47 / 4:42 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wanganui, Hawera, New Plymouth. Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from New Plymouth (c. 49 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Wanganui (c. 40 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hawera (c. 11 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Waitara (c. 6 300 pop).

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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km ENE of Stratford, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 174.7574° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -39.1513° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 224.236 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km ENE of Stratford, 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 2024-06-15 16:42:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-15 17:50:32 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 298 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.642 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000msp6 Id of event.
Event Code 7000msp6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000msp6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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