A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Homedale in New Zealand. Global time and date of event 10/07/25 / 2025-07-10 20:47:40 / July 10, 2025 @ 8:47 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 175.107 East, latitude -41.2755 South, depth = 21.861 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qbx0. Id of event: us7000qbx0. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.861 km (14 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:47:40 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Upper Hutt (c. 38 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Paraparaumu (c. 25 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Levin, Masterton, Otaki.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor 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: 13 km E of Homedale, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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