Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.6 just reported 72 km northwest of Pembroke, New Zealand
4.6 quake 14 Feb 3:31 am (GMT +13)

Just 11 minutes ago, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Pembroke, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, New Zealand. The tremor was recorded early morning on Monday, February 14th, 2022, at 3:31 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 5.5 km below the surface.
The event was filed by New Zealand's Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey (GeoNet), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Haast (pop. 280) located 34 km from the epicenter, and Pembroke (pop. 4,400) 72 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Arrowtown (pop. 2,200) located 92 km from the epicenter, and Queenstown (pop. 10,400) 102 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Feb 14, 2022 3:31 am (GMT +13) local time (13 Feb 2022 14:31 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.6
Depth: 5.5 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 44.11°S / 168.76°E (Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand)
Primary data source: GEONET (NZ)
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