A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Castlepoint in New Zealand on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 176.3535° East, -40.5653° South, depth 27.515 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.515 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 22:47:12 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000rfew. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rfew. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/25 / 2025-12-03 22:47:12 / December 3, 2025 @ 10:47 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Palmerston North (c. 76 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Masterton (c. 20 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Levin (c. 19 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levin, Masterton, Palmerston North (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km NNE of Castlepoint, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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