Magnitude 4.0 NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
Saturday, July 07, 2007 at 02:47:04 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
| Magnitude | 4.0 |
|---|---|
| Date-Time |
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones |
| Location | 37.64S 176.42E |
| Depth | 244 kilometers |
| Region | NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND |
| Distances |
55 km (35 miles) NNE of Rotorua, New Zealand 170 km (105 miles) ESE of Auckland, New Zealand 180 km (110 miles) NW of Gisborne, New Zealand 430 km (265 miles) NNE of WELLINGTON, New Zealand |
| Location Uncertainty | Error estimate not available, held by USGS NEIC to another agency's solution |
| Parameters | not available |
| Source | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
| Remarks | MG 4.0 (WEL). |
| Event ID | usembw |
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This was the best available estimate of the earthquake's size,
at the time that this page was created. Other magnitudes associated
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The boundaries of
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