A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Foxton Beach in New Zealand. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89.727 km (56 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 174.4068 East, latitude -40.4147 South, depth = 89.727 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:47:47 / 9:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/03/25 / 2025-03-14 21:47:47 / March 14, 2025 @ 9:47 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000pyxi. Event ids that are associated: us6000pyxi.
Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Wanganui (c. 40 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Paraparaumu (c. 25 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Levin (c. 19 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Hawera (c. 11 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Otaki (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawera, Porirua, Levin (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 69 km W of Foxton Beach, New Zealand.
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