A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Turangi in New Zealand. Event id: us6000qwbf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qwbf. Exact location of event, longitude 175.8067 East, latitude -38.9356 South, depth = 126.102 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 126.102 km (78 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 05:27:23 / July 30, 2025 @ 5:27 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:27:23 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rotorua, Tokoroa, Taupo.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 fourteen 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.
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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. 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: 6 km N of Turangi, New Zealand.
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