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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Waikowhai in New Zealand

Posted by admin on March 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -43.9076S, 169.1821WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 76 km SW of Waikowhai, New Zealand (47 miles) on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us6000px2v. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000px2v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:49:02 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 18:49:02 / March 5, 2025 @ 6:49 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.708 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.1821 East, latitude -43.9076 South, depth = 11.708 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 76 km SW of Waikowhai, New Zealand.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.1821° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -43.9076° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.708 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76 km SW of Waikowhai, 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 2025-03-05 18:49:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-05 20:05:27 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 271 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.593 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us6000px2v Id of event.
Event Code 6000px2v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000px2v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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