A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Ngongotaha in New Zealand. Exact location, longitude 176.0922° East, latitude -38.1432° South, depth = 196.076 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 196.076 km (122 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:37:38 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/06/25 / 2025-06-12 07:37:38 / June 12, 2025 @ 7:37 am. Unique identifier: us6000qjry. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qjry. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hamilton, Whakatane, Cambridge (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Hamilton (c. 152 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cambridge (c. 15 200 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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. 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: 11 km SW of Ngongotaha, New Zealand.

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