A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Kaharoa in New Zealand. Global time and date of event 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 21:05:18 / October 16, 2024 @ 9:05 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:05:18 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 176.0971° East, latitude -37.9822° South, depth = 182.603 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 182.603 km (113 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nz6r. Event ids that are associated: us6000nz6r. 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 Ngaruawahia, Taupo, Whakatane (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Hamilton (c. 152 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Cambridge (c. 15 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 12 km W of Kaharoa, New Zealand.
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