A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Wairau Valley in New Zealand on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 173.2826 East, latitude -41.5927 South, depth = 72.791 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 72.791 km (45 miles). Global time and date of event 06/04/25 / 2025-04-06 21:49:02 / April 6, 2025 @ 9:49 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:49:02 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000q4fl. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q4fl.
Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blenheim, Motueka, Nelson (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Richmond (c. 14 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Motueka (c. 7 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 21 km W of Wairau Valley, New Zealand.
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