A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Patea in New Zealand on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 06:10:44 / March 5, 2025 @ 6:10 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:10:44 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pwzl. Event ids that are associated: us6000pwzl. The epicenter was at a depth of 116.814 km (73 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 174.4612 East, latitude -39.9105 South, depth = 116.814 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wanganui, Hawera (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Wanganui (c. 40 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawera (c. 11 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km S of Patea, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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