A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Karori in New Zealand on Saturday. Unique identifier: us6000nwqg. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nwqg. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.54 km (30 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 174.4207 East, latitude -41.3377 South, depth = 48.54 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/10/24 / 2024-10-05 16:08:55 / October 5, 2024 @ 4:08 pm. The temblor was detected at 16:08:55 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Upper Hutt (c. 38 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Paraparaumu (c. 25 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Richmond, Nelson, Otaki. Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km WSW of Karori, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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