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Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 11:43 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey (GeoNet) reported a magnitude 4.9 quake in New Zealand near Nelson, Nelson City, only 11 minutes ago. The earthquake hit late at night on Saturday, August 30th, 2025, at 11:31 pm local time at a moderately shallow depth of 52. km. 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 4.8.
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 Havelock (pop. 590) located 25 km from the epicenter, Picton (pop. 4,900) 30 km away, Waikawa (pop. 1,600) 30 km away, Nelson (pop. 54,700) 50 km away, Stoke (pop. 19,600) 56 km away, Karori (pop. 15,400) 82 km away, Wellington (pop. 381,900) 85 km away, Porirua (pop. 62,400) 88 km away, and Lower Hutt (pop. 114,000) 94 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Jul 27, 07:11 pm (Auckland)

4.0

84 km36 km (22 mi) to the W New Zealand 1 reportInfoApr 30, 03:57 am (Auckland)

4.1

51 km96 km (60 mi) to the NE New Zealand InfoApr 28, 06:37 am (GMT +12)

4.3

171 km86 km (53 mi) to the NW Tasman Sea, 101 km north of Haulashore Island, New Zealand InfoApr 7, 10:49 am (Auckland)

4.6

51 km71 km (44 mi) to the SW Marlborough, 32 km south of Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand 1 reportInfoApr 7, 01:16 am (Auckland)

4.2

20 km107 km (66 mi) to the E New Zealand 6 reportsInfoMar 21, 08:24 am (Auckland)

4.8

9.4 km85 km (53 mi) to the S 33 km south of Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand 4 reportsInfoMar 4, 03:53 pm (Auckland)

4.7

198 km82 km (51 mi) to the W Tasman Sea, Tasman, 58 km northwest of Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand InfoDec 17, 2024 04:39 pm (Auckland)

5.1

12 km87 km (54 mi) to the SE South Pacific Ocean, 69 km southwest of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 9 reportsInfoNov 4, 2024 02:58 pm (Auckland)

4.9

35 km41 km (25 mi) to the SE Tasman Sea, 47 km west of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 29 reportsInfoOct 6, 2024 04:08 am (Auckland)

5.7

30 km56 km (35 mi) to the SE Tasman Sea, 30 km west of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 128 reportsInfoAug 11, 2023 11:53 am (GMT +12)

5.6

170 km94 km (58 mi) to the N Tasman Sea, 119 km north of Haulashore Island, New Zealand 56 reportsInfoFeb 15, 2023 06:38 pm (GMT +12)

6.3

50 km85 km (53 mi) to the NE New Zealand 415 reportsInfoOct 14, 2022 02:03 am (GMT +12)

5.7

146 km82 km

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