Mag. 2.7 earthquake - 39 km northeast of Milford Sound, Southland District, New Zealand, on Sunday, 9 June 2019 at 19:10 (GMT)
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Earlier quakes in same area | Quakes in New Zealand | Southland | Wellington
Minor magnitude 2.7 earthquake at 5 km depth
9 Jun 19:13 UTC: First to report: GEONET (NZ) after 2 minutes.
Jun 9 19:14: Magnitude recalculated from 2.5 to 2.7.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.5 to 5.0 km.
Jun 9 19:14: Magnitude recalculated from 2.5 to 2.7.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.5 to 5.0 km.
Magnitude: 2.7
Depth: 5.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 44.36657°S / 168.16573°E
(Southland District, Southland, New Zealand)Nearby towns and cities:
39 km (24 mi) NNE of Milford Sound (pop: 435) --> See nearby quakes!
227 km (141 mi) N of Invercargill (pop: 47,300) --> See nearby quakes!
639 km (397 mi) SW of Wellington (pop: 381,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand)
Estimated released energy: 7.1 x 108 joules (197 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.169 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 2.7 | 5 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
At magnitude 2.7, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.
There are no user reports for this quake yet. If you felt it be the first to report it!
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Mag. 2.7 earthquake - 39 km northeast of Milford Sound, Southland District, New Zealand, on Sunday, 9 June 2019 at 19:10 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
