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Rotorua / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 1-2 s : Had just sat down and felt slight shaking and the wine in my glass was swinging side to side!
Light mag. 4.2 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, on Monday, May 23, 2022 at 5:28 pm (GMT +12) -
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Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 206 km depth
23 May 05:31 UTC: First to report: GEONET (NZ) after 2 minutes.
23 May 05:32: Magnitude recalculated from 3.6 to 3.7.
23 May 05:37: Magnitude recalculated from 3.7 to 4.2. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 230.7 to 206.0 km (from 143 to 128 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 21 km (13 mi) towards NE.
23 May 05:32: Magnitude recalculated from 3.6 to 3.7.
23 May 05:37: Magnitude recalculated from 3.7 to 4.2. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 230.7 to 206.0 km (from 143 to 128 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 21 km (13 mi) towards NE.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 23, 2022 05:28:53 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Monday, May 23, 2022 at 5:28 pm (GMT +12) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.2 |
| Depth | 206.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 35.04788°S / 178.69003°E  (South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand) |
| Antipode | 35.048°N / 1.31°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking |
| Felt | 1 report |
| Primary data source | GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand) |
| Nearest volcano | Healy (26 km / 16 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 335 km (208 mi) NE of Whitianga (pop: 3,370) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 336 km (209 mi) NE of Tairua (pop: 1,590) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 349 km (217 mi) NE of Whangamata (pop: 4,250) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 365 km (227 mi) NE of Waihi (pop: 4,620) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 373 km (232 mi) NE of Katikati (pop: 3,230) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 374 km (233 mi) NE of Paeroa (pop: 3,990) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 774 km (481 mi) NNE of Wellington (pop: 381,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  16.8°C (62 F), humidity: 71%, wind: 4 m/s (8 kts) from SW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.3 x 1011 joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.2 | 206 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
| 3.7 | 231 km | New Zealand: 3.7 OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z. | EMSC |
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