A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, east of the North Island of New Zealand (0 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qwkq. Id of event: us6000qwkq. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:05:20 / 5:05 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/25 / 2025-07-17 17:05:20 / July 17, 2025 @ 5:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.4819 West, latitude -35.0456 South, depth = 10 km.

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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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