NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND-21 km E of New Plymouth, New Zealand-5.0

Magnitude 5.0 Region NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND Date time 2026-10-02 13:57:15.7 UTC Location -39.081 ; 174.330 Depth 8 km Distance 167 km SSW of Hamilton, New Zealand / pop: 178,000 / local time: 02:57:15.7 2026-10-03 21 km E of New Plymouth, New Zealand / pop: 49,100 / local time: 02:57:15.7 2026-10-03 Source parameters not yet reviewed by a seismologist --------- I felt this earthquake All data providers for this event: Geonet, GNS science -- Lower Hutt, New Zealand (GNS) Ukrainian NDC, Main Center of Special Monitoring -- Kyiv, Ukraine (MCSM) National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC) Geoazur (Universite Cote d'Azur, IRD, CNRS, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur) -- Nice, France (OCA) EMSC -- Arpajon, France (SC4) Further information can be found at: National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC) Geonet, GNS science -- Lower Hutt, New Zealand (GNS) GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)