Reported seismic-like event (likely no quake): 1 km south of Wellington, New Zealand, Saturday, Oct 1, 2022 at 10:00 am (GMT +13) -

30 Sep 21:07 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 7 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Sep 30, 2022 21:00:37 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Oct 1, 2022 at 10:00 am (GMT +13)
Status	disregarded
Magnitude	unknown (3?)
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	41.29546°S / 174.77146°E (Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand)
Antipode	41.295°N / 5.229°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking)
Nearest volcano	Taranaki (230 km / 143 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	1 km (1 mi) SSW of Wellington (pop: 381,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 15 km (9 mi) SW of Lower Hutt (pop: 101,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 15 km (9 mi) WSW of Wainuiomata (pop: 19,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) SSW of Porirua (pop: 50,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 29 km (18 mi) SW of Upper Hutt (pop: 38,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 47 km (29 mi) SSW of Paraparaumu (pop: 30,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 83 km (52 mi) WSW of Masterton (pop: 28,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 85 km (53 mi) SSW of Levin (Manawatu-Wanganui) (pop: 19,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Light Rain 10.1°C (50 F), humidity: 68%, wind: 10 m/s (19 kts) from ESE
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10⁹ joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Seismic station: South Karori, New Zealand (SNZO/IU network) | Distance from quake: 6 km / 4 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station South Karori, New Zealand: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Wellington Te Aro 6011 (0 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single lateral shake : Living room started vibrating for less than few seconds and stopped

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