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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Foxton in New Zealand


Earthquake location -40.4521S, 175.0196WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Foxton in New Zealand on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 175.0196° East, -40.4521° South, depth 58.44 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.44 km (36 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:33:25 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000a0w2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a0w2. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/05/20 / 2020-05-28 08:33:25 / May 28, 2020 @ 8:33 am.

Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Palmerston North (c. 76 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Wanganui (c. 40 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Upper Hutt (c. 38 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Paraparaumu (c. 25 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petone, Lower Hutt, Masterton (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 23 km W of Foxton, New Zealand.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 175.0196° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -40.4521° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km W of Foxton, 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 2020-05-28 08:33:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-03 12:59:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 298 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.474 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 us6000a0w2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a0w2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a0w2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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