Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean on Friday, Aug 5, 2022 at 8:00 am (GMT -12) -
Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 33 km depth
5 Aug 20:03 UTC: First to report: GEONET (NZ) after 3 minutes.
5 Aug 20:09: Magnitude recalculated from 3.9 to 4.0. Epicenter location corrected by 13 km (7.9 mi) towards ESE.
5 Aug 20:09: Magnitude recalculated from 3.9 to 4.0. Epicenter location corrected by 13 km (7.9 mi) towards ESE.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Aug 5, 2022 20:00:10 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Friday, Aug 5, 2022 at 8:00 am (GMT -12) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4 |
| Depth | 33.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 35.01748°S / 179.71497°W |
| Antipode | 35.017°N / 0.285°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand) |
| Nearest volcano | Brothers (111 km / 69 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  17°C (63 F), humidity: 95%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from NNE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.0 | 33 km | New Zealand | GEONET (NZ) |
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