Light mag. 4.5 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 299 km northeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 9:27 pm (GMT +12) -
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Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 393 km depth
19 May 09:31 UTC: First to report: GEONET (NZ) after 3 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 19, 2022 09:27:49 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 9:27 pm (GMT +12) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.5 |
| Depth | 392.9 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 35.58105°S / 178.25684°E  (South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand) |
| Antipode | 35.581°N / 1.743°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand) |
| Nearest volcano | Rumble III (27 km / 17 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 246 km (153 mi) NNE of Te Kaha (pop: 387) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 280 km (174 mi) NE of Whangamata (pop: 4,250) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 288 km (179 mi) NNE of Whakatane (pop: 18,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 299 km (186 mi) NE of Thames (pop: 7,140) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 299 km (186 mi) NE of Tauranga (pop: 110,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 358 km (223 mi) NE of Cambridge (pop: 15,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 361 km (224 mi) NE of Hamilton (pop: 152,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 703 km (437 mi) NNE of Wellington (pop: 381,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  19.4°C (67 F), humidity: 89%, wind: 13 m/s (25 kts) from NW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.5 | 393 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
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