A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Castlepoint in New Zealand. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/25 / 2025-12-25 18:16:50 / December 25, 2025 @ 6:16 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 176.1401° East, latitude -40.6808° South, depth = 25.174 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rkrn. Id of event: us7000rkrn. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:16:50 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). 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 25.174 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Otaki, Levin, Palmerston North (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (36 miles) from Palmerston North (c. 76 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Masterton (c. 20 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Levin (c. 19 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Otaki (c. 6 100 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 four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 25 km NNW of Castlepoint, New Zealand.
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