A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Whanganui in New Zealand. Global time and date of event 14/02/25 / 2025-02-14 17:07:59 / February 14, 2025 @ 5:07 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:07:59 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pdpt. Id of event: us7000pdpt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 174.9615 East, latitude -39.8901 South, depth = 73.85 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 73.85 km (46 miles).
Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Palmerston North (c. 76 000 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Wanganui (c. 40 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Levin (c. 19 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hawera (c. 11 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levin, Palmerston North, Hawera.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 8 km WNW of Whanganui, New Zealand.
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