A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 60 km NNW of Te Anau, New Zealand (37 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000pbk9. Event ids that are associated: us7000pbk9. The temblor was reported at 14:20:30 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.3471 East, latitude -44.9366 South, depth = 27.912 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 14:20:30 / February 5, 2025 @ 2:20 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27.912 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 seven 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.
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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: 60 km NNW of Te Anau, New Zealand.
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