A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Haumoana in New Zealand. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/10/25 / 2025-10-26 12:08:40 / October 26, 2025 @ 12:08 pm. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 177.0522° East, -39.6453° South. Unique identifier: us6000rjju. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rjju. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 12:08:40 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Napier, Taradale, Hastings (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Hastings (c. 61 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Napier (c. 56 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Taradale (c. 16 600 pop).
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 four 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km ESE of Haumoana, New Zealand.
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