Minor mag. 1.5 earthquake - New Zealand on Sunday, 27 October 2019 at 06:58 (GMT)
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Earlier quakes in same area | Quakes in New Zealand| Waikato | Bay of Plenty | Hawke's Bay | Auckland | Wellington

Minor magnitude 1.5 earthquake at 12 km depth
27 Oct 07:00 UTC: First to report: GEONET (NZ) after 2 minutes.
Date & time: 27 Oct 2019 06:58:20 UTC
Magnitude: 1.5
Depth: 11.7 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 38.74319°S / 175.96471°E

Nearest volcano: Taupo (9 km / 6 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
12 km (8 mi) WSW of Taupo (pop: 22,500) --> See nearby quakes!
31 km (19 mi) NNE of Turangi (pop: 3,400) --> See nearby quakes!
57 km (36 mi) S of Tokoroa (pop: 14,300) --> See nearby quakes!
72 km (44 mi) SSW of Rotorua (pop: 65,900) --> See nearby quakes!
72 km (44 mi) SSW of Rotorua (pop: 65,900) --> See nearby quakes!
117 km (73 mi) NW of Napier City (pop: 56,800) --> See nearby quakes!
119 km (74 mi) S of Tauranga (pop: 110,300) --> See nearby quakes!
122 km (76 mi) SSE of Hamilton (pop: 152,600) --> See nearby quakes!
217 km (135 mi) SSE of Manukau (pop: 362,000) --> See nearby quakes!
300 km (187 mi) NNE of Wellington (pop: 381,900) --> See nearby quakes!
29 km (18 mi) N of North Island (pop: 3,749,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand)
Estimated released energy: 1.1 x 107 joules (3.12 kilowatt hours) 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 |
1.5 | 12 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 1.5, such a quake wouldn't normally be felt by people, but could be recorded instrumentally.