A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Owhiro Bay in New Zealand on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000ni5v. Event ids that are associated: us6000ni5v. Exact location of event, longitude 174.7262 East, latitude -41.5235 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:38:36 / 11:38 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/24 / 2024-08-05 11:38:36 / August 5, 2024 @ 11:38 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otaki, Paraparaumu, Blenheim (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Upper Hutt (c. 38 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Paraparaumu (c. 25 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop).
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. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 20 km S of Owhiro Bay, New Zealand.
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