Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Hicks Bay in New Zealand

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 101 km N of Hicks Bay, New Zealand (63 miles) on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 12:20:34 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/08/25 / 2025-08-11 12:20:34 / August 11, 2025 @ 12:20 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 111.621 km (69 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000qzsy. Event ids that are associated: us6000qzsy. Exact location of event, longitude 178.4042 East, latitude -36.6937 South, depth = 111.621 km.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 101 km N of Hicks Bay, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	178.4042° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-36.6937° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	111.621 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	101 km N of Hicks Bay, 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	2025-08-11 12:20:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-11 12:55:16	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	369	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.87	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.56 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	232	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	us6000qzsy	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qzsy	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qzsy,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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