Δυνατός σεισμός μεγέθους 5.8 - Tasman Sea, 72 km βορειοδυτικά από Ουέλλιγκτον, Νέα Ζηλανδία, Πέμπτη, 22 Σεπ 2022 21:07 (GMT +12) -

New Zealand was shaken near Wellington, Wellington City, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 only 8 minutes ago, New Zealand's Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey (GeoNet) reported.
The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 50.7 km beneath the epicenter near Wellington, Wellington City, New Zealand, in the evening on Thursday, September 22nd, 2022, at 9:07 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 5.6.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
In Picton (pop. 4,800) located 56 km from the epicenter, Porirua (pop. 50,900) 65 km away, Paraparaumu (pop. 30,600) 69 km away, Wellington (pop. 381,900) 72 km away, Lower Hutt (pop. 101,200) 75 km away, Upper Hutt (pop. 38,400) 80 km away, Wainuiomata (pop. 19,400) 81 km away, Blenheim (pop. 26,600) 82 km away, Levin (pop. 19,800) 92 km away, and Nelson (pop. 59,200) 93 km away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
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Based on its magnitude, the fault that was active during the quake ruptured along a surface of approx. 63 km² (=24 sqare miles) as a first-order estimate. The length of the rupture zone thus was probably around 14 km (9 mi).
Aftershocks typically occur during the days and weeks following the quake at or near the same fault, at distances of up to approx. two times the length of the rupture zone.
The often broadly linear arrangement of aftershock epicenters encompasses the rupture zone of the main shock (check on the map below to verify).

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