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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Stratford in New Zealand

Posted by admin on December 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -39.1381S, 174.7839WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Stratford in New Zealand. Global time and date of event 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 16:10:08 / December 24, 2024 @ 4:10 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 16:10:08 / 4:10 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 219.078 km (136 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pfgm. Id of event: us6000pfgm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 174.7839 East, latitude -39.1381 South, depth = 219.078 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wanganui, Hawera, New Plymouth (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from New Plymouth (c. 49 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Wanganui (c. 40 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hawera (c. 11 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Waitara (c. 6 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 48 km ENE of Stratford, New Zealand.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 174.7839° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -39.1381° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 219.078 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km ENE of Stratford, New Zealand Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-24 16:10:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-24 17:06:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.627 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pfgm Id of event.
Event Code 6000pfgm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pfgm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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