Quake Info: Light Mag. 4.6 Earthquake - 53 km North of Te Anau, Southland District, New Zealand, on Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 1:00 pm (GMT +13)

Light magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 79 km depth

17 Mar 00:02 UTC: First to report: GEONET (NZ) after 2 minutes.
17 Mar 00:03: Magnitude recalculated from 4.1 to 4.3. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 77.2 to 69.0 km (from 48 to 43 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 21 km (13 mi) towards WNW.
17 Mar 00:05: Magnitude recalculated from 4.3 to 4.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 69.0 to 78.8 km (from 43 to 49 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 4.2 km (2.6 mi) towards N.

Update Fri, 17 Mar 2023, 00:30

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake 53 km northwest of Te Anau, New Zealand

4.6 quake 17 Mar 1:00 pm (GMT +13)

An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 occurred only 30 minutes ago 53 km northwest of Te Anau, New Zealand, New Zealand's Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey (GeoNet) reported.
The quake hit at an intermediate depth of 78.8 km beneath the epicenter near Te Anau, Southland District, Southland, New Zealand, around noon on Friday, March 17th, 2023, at 1:00 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.6 as well. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 4.6.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Milford Sound (pop. 440) located 46 km from the epicenter, Te Anau (pop. 2,900) 53 km away, Queenstown (pop. 10,400) 91 km away, and Arthurs Point (pop. 1,300) 91 km away.
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Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 17, 2023 00:00:18 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 1:00 pm (GMT +13)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	78.8 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	44.96115°S / 167.51512°E (Southland District, Southland, New Zealand)
Antipode	44.961°N / 12.485°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	9 reports
Primary data source	GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	46 km (28 mi) SW of Milford Sound (pop: 435) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 53 km (33 mi) NNW of Te Anau (pop: 2,930) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 91 km (56 mi) W of Queenstown (Otago) (pop: 10,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 173 km (107 mi) NNW of Invercargill (pop: 47,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 254 km (158 mi) WNW of Dunedin (Otago) (pop: 114,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 302 km (188 mi) WSW of Timaru (Región de Canterbury) (pop: 28,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 717 km (445 mi) SW of Wellington (pop: 381,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Light Rain 9.8°C (50 F), humidity: 98%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from NW
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹¹ joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.6	79 km	New Zealand	GEONET (NZ)
4.6	79 km	South Island, New Zealand	RaspberryShake
4.6	79 km	SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND	EMSC

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Brisbane (2340.3 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / complex motion difficult to describe : My body can sense a earthquake not a vibration from the ground. What I can feel is not measurable it is sense from the brains electromagnetic field.

Queenstown, new zealand (88.8 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / vibration and rolling / 2-5 s : Sitting upstairs. Chair gently vibrated back and forth

Queenstown (89.1 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 10-15 s

Queenstown New Zealand (93.2 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / 2-5 s : Lying on bef

Queenstown, Otago (90.4 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : Noticed TV moving on the wall, sofa felt like it was shaking back and forth

Queenstown / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single vertical bump / very short : Felt in the unit slab ground floor

Queenstown / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 5-10 s

Queenstown / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s

Queenstown / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / 2-5 s (reported through our app)

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