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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Waikowhai in New Zealand


Earthquake location -43.9306S, 169.1966WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 76 km SW of Waikowhai, New Zealand (47 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 169.1966 East, latitude -43.9306 South, depth = 12.393 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.393 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:37:35 / 6:37 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 18:37:35 / March 5, 2025 @ 6:37 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000px2t. Event ids that are associated: us6000px2t.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km SW of Waikowhai, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 169.1966° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -43.9306° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.393 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 18:37:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-05 20:02:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 285 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us6000px2t Id of event.
Event Code 6000px2t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000px2t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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