A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Whanganui in New Zealand. Unique identifier: us7000p09p. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000p09p. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 63.004 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 175.1034° East, latitude -39.9377° South, depth = 63.004 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:20:12 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 09:20:12 / December 20, 2024 @ 9:20 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Otaki, Hawera, Levin (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Palmerston North (c. 76 000 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Wanganui (c. 40 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Levin (c. 19 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hawera (c. 11 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Otaki (c. 6 100 pop).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km E of Whanganui, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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