Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.8 just reported 56 km west of Wellington, New Zealand
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- 28 Feb 2023
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An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred only 19 minutes ago 56 km west of Wellington, New Zealand, New Zealand's Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey (GeoNet) reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 27.7 km beneath the epicenter near Wellington, Wellington City, New Zealand, in the evening on Tuesday, February 28th, 2023, at 8:26 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
In Picton (pop. 4,800) located 11 km from the epicenter, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Blenheim (pop. 26,600) located 24 km from the epicenter, Karori (pop. 15,700) 53 km away, Wellington (pop. 381,900) 56 km away, Porirua (pop. 50,900) 66 km away, Lower Hutt (pop. 101,200) 68 km away, Read More..
