A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 163 km ENE of Pauanui, New Zealand (101 miles). Event id: us6000pkh3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pkh3. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:03:54 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 177.4571° East, latitude -36.2849° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/25 / 2025-01-05 21:03:54 / January 5, 2025 @ 9:03 pm.
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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 163 km ENE of Pauanui, New Zealand.
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