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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Takaka in New Zealand


Earthquake location -40.9012S, 172.8103WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Takaka in New Zealand on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 225.991 km (140 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwqi. Unique identifier: us6000pwqi. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/03/25 / 2025-03-04 02:53:46 / March 4, 2025 @ 2:53 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 172.8103 East, latitude -40.9012 South, depth = 225.991 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:53:46 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Richmond (c. 14 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Motueka (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Richmond, Nelson, Motueka (min 5000 pop).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 5 km S of Takaka, New Zealand.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 172.8103° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -40.9012° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 225.991 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km S of Takaka, 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 2025-03-04 02:53:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-04 03:10:02 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 246 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.226 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us6000pwqi Id of event.
Event Code 6000pwqi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pwqi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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