A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Acacia Bay in New Zealand. Unique identifier: us7000mxfp. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mxfp. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/24 / 2024-07-06 15:03:40 / July 6, 2024 @ 3:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 156.123 km (97 miles). Exact location, longitude 175.7811° East, latitude -38.6807° South, depth = 156.123 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:03:40 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rotorua, Tokoroa, Taupo. Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 21 km W of Acacia Bay, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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