A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Mangatainoka in New Zealand. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/25 / 2025-12-15 12:05:08 / December 15, 2025 @ 12:05 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.584 km (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 175.8675° East, -40.4278° South, depth 34.584 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ruyz. Unique identifier: us6000ruyz. The temblor was picked up at 12:05:08 / 12:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Palmerston North (c. 76 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Wanganui (c. 40 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Paraparaumu (c. 25 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Masterton (c. 20 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Levin (c. 19 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Otaki (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paraparaumu, Wanganui, Otaki.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days ten 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. 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: 1 km SSE of Mangatainoka, New Zealand.

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