Minor mag. 2.8 earthquake - 30 km west of Blenheim, Marlborough District, New Zealand, on Tuesday, 2 Mar 2021 12:05 pm (GMT +13) -
Quake Data | Carte interactive | User Reports | Earlier quakes in same area | Quakes in New Zealand| Marlborough | Tasman | Wellington

Séisme mineur magnitude 2.8 at 38 km depth
1 Mar 23:08 UTC: Premier à signaler: GEONET (NZ) après 2 minutes.
1 Mar 23:12: Profondeur recalculée de 41.3 à 37.6 km (de 26 à 23 mi). Emplacement de l'épicentre corrigé de 3 km (1.9 mi) au O.
1 Mar 23:12: Profondeur recalculée de 41.3 à 37.6 km (de 26 à 23 mi). Emplacement de l'épicentre corrigé de 3 km (1.9 mi) au O.
Date & time: 1 Mar 2021 23:05:42 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: mardi, 2 mars 2021 12:05 (GMT +13)
Magnitude: 2.8
Profondeur: 37.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 41.41231°S / 173.61879°E

Volcan le plus près: Taranaki (238 km / 148 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
19 km SO de Havelock (pop: 504) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
30 km ONO de Blenheim (pop: 26,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
35 km OSO de Picton (pop: 3,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
42 km E de Brightwater (Tasman) (pop: 1,680) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
47 km ESE de Mapua (Tasman) (pop: 1,820) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
59 km ESE de Motueka (Tasman) (pop: 7,490) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
98 km O de Wellington (pop: 381,900) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
107 km OSO de Porirua (Wellington) (pop: 50,900) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
111 km OSO de Lower Hutt (Wellington) (pop: 101,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
123 km OSO de Upper Hutt (Wellington) (pop: 38,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds
20.2°C (68 F), humidity: 83%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from WNW
Primary data source: GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand)Overcast Clouds

Estimated released energy: 1 x 109 joules (278 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.239 tons of TNT) Plus d'infos
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
Magnitude | Profondeur | Lieu | Source |
2.8 | 38 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
At magnitude 2.8, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.be the first to report it!
There are no user reports for this quake yet. If you felt it Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!