A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Loburn in New Zealand. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:45:28 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000px2i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000px2i. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 17:45:28 / March 5, 2025 @ 5:45 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 172.3837° East, -42.926° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Christchurch, Kaiapoi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Christchurch (c. 363 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Kaiapoi (c. 10 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km NNW of Loburn, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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