A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Tiniroto in New Zealand. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.519 km (43 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 177.646 East, latitude -38.5942 South, depth = 68.519 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:51:59 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000n7ki. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7ki. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 04:51:59 / August 17, 2024 @ 4:51 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Gisborne (c. 34 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Whakatane, Gisborne (min 5000 pop).
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 three 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km NNE of Tiniroto, New Zealand.
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