A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Opotiki in New Zealand. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 177.3565 East, latitude -37.3197 South, depth = 8.181 km. The temblor was reported at 10:20:25 / 10:20 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ngbv. Unique identifier: us6000ngbv. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.181 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/24 / 2024-07-27 10:20:25 / July 27, 2024 @ 10:20 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Whakatane. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 six 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 76 km N of Opotiki, New Zealand.
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