A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Hanmer Springs in New Zealand on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/11/25 / 2025-11-01 00:47:37 / November 1, 2025 @ 12:47 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.747 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:47:37 / 12:47 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rkvm. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rkvm. Exact location of event, depth 14.747 km, 172.007° East, -42.6496° South.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Greymouth. Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Greymouth (c. 9 400 pop). 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 one and in the last 365 days four 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 68 km WSW of Hanmer Springs, New Zealand.
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