A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Karori in New Zealand on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 174.5634 East, latitude -41.2676 South, depth = 55.723 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rlu7. Id of event: us6000rlu7. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:09:54 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.723 km (35 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/11/25 / 2025-11-06 08:09:54 / November 6, 2025 @ 8:09 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Wellington (c. 381 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Upper Hutt (c. 38 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Blenheim (c. 26 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Paraparaumu (c. 25 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Levin (c. 19 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levin, Otaki, Blenheim (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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km W of Karori, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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