A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Marybank in New Zealand. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 126.251 km (78 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/09/25 / 2025-09-23 23:23:39 / September 23, 2025 @ 11:23 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:23:39 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 173.66° East, latitude -40.6324° South, depth = 126.251 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rcfm. Id of event: us6000rcfm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Richmond, Nelson, Motueka (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Nelson (c. 59 200 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Richmond (c. 14 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Motueka (c. 7 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km NNE of Marybank, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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