Minor mag. 2.5 earthquake - 30 km southwest of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 11:35 am (GMT +12) -
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Minor magnitude 2.5 earthquake at 141 km depth
17 May 23:37 UTC: First to report: GEONET (NZ) after 2 minutes.
17 May 23:38: Magnitude recalculated from 2.4 to 2.3.
18 May 00:02: Magnitude recalculated from 2.3 to 2.5. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 144.6 to 141.1 km (from 90 to 88 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 6.3 km (3.9 mi) towards SSE.
17 May 23:38: Magnitude recalculated from 2.4 to 2.3.
18 May 00:02: Magnitude recalculated from 2.3 to 2.5. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 144.6 to 141.1 km (from 90 to 88 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 6.3 km (3.9 mi) towards SSE.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 17, 2022 23:35:26 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 11:35 am (GMT +12) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.5 |
| Depth | 141.1 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 37.92307°S / 176.01073°E  (Western Bay of Plenty District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand) |
| Antipode | 37.923°N / 3.989°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand) |
| Nearest volcano | Rotorua (29 km / 18 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 16 km (10 mi) ESE of Te Poi (Waikato) (pop: 840) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 30 km (18 mi) SSW of Tauranga (pop: 110,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) NW of Rotorua (pop: 65,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 50 km (31 mi) E of Cambridge (Waikato) (pop: 15,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 66 km (41 mi) ESE of Hamilton (Waikato) (pop: 152,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) W of Whakatane (pop: 18,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 389 km (242 mi) NNE of Wellington (pop: 381,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  17.4°C (63 F), humidity: 1%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from WSW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 3.5 x 108 joules (98.6 kilowatt hours) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.5 | 141 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
User reports for this quake
At magnitude 2.5, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
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