Magnitude 3.2 earthquake strikes near Hamilton, Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand
3.2 quake 6 Feb 10:06 pm (GMT +13)

A very shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported late at night near Hamilton, Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand.
According to New Zealand's Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey (GeoNet), the quake hit on Monday, February 6th, 2023, at 10:06 pm local time at a very shallow depth of 4.7 km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. 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 3.2 as well. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 3.2.
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 Waitoa (pop. 390) located 5 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Paeroa (pop. 4,000) located 25 km from the epicenter, Matamata (pop. 6,300) 26 km away, and Waihi (pop. 4,600) 27 km away. In Cambridge (pop. 15,200, 38 km away), Hamilton (pop. 152,600, 41 km away), Tauranga (pop. 110,300, 44 km away), and Rotorua (pop. 65,900, 79 km away), the quake was probably not felt.


Earthquake data:
Date & time: Feb 6, 2023 10:06 pm (GMT +13) local time (6 Feb 2023 09:06 GMT)
Magnitude: 3.2
Depth: 4.7 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.59°S / 175.68°E (Matamata-Piako District, Waikato, New Zealand)
Primary data source: GEONET (NZ)
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