LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
28 km NW of Raumati Beach, New Zealand
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 28 km NW of Raumati Beach, New Zealand on 04 Sept 2026, 18:34 UTC. The hypocentre was 48.8 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. 2 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 48.8 km
- Latitude
- 40.73°S
- Time
- 18:34 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.6
shallow
174.76°E longitude
04 Sept 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 4.6
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 250 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 120 tonnes of TNT.
48.8 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
2 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 5.3.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
07 Nov 2026, 23:27 UTC · 10 km deep
07 Nov 2026, 23:25 UTC · 607 km deep
07 Nov 2026, 23:17 UTC · 10 km deep
07 Nov 2026, 20:55 UTC · 136.7 km deep