A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Tokoroa in New Zealand on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pi35. Unique identifier: us6000pi35. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:10:22 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/25 / 2025-01-06 00:10:22 / January 6, 2025 @ 12:10 am. Exact location of earthquake, 175.7858° East, -38.4041° South, depth 217.139 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 217.139 km (135 miles). 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 Kawerau, Tauranga, Hamilton (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Hamilton (c. 152 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cambridge (c. 15 200 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop).
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. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km SSW of Tokoroa, New Zealand.
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