A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Maketu in New Zealand. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rc2i. Unique identifier: us6000rc2i. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/09/25 / 2025-09-22 15:51:40 / September 22, 2025 @ 3:51 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 201.428 km (125 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 176.3906 East, latitude -37.8796 South, depth = 201.428 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:51:40 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Cambridge (c. 15 200 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taupo, Cambridge, Tokoroa (min 5000 pop).
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km SSW of Maketu, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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