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Fri, 16 May 2025, 18:34 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake near Hamilton, Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand, was reported only 29 minutes ago by New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey (GeoNet), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in New Zealand. The earthquake occurred at a very shallow depth of 4.50 km beneath the epicenter early morning on Saturday, May 17th, 2025, at 6:04 am local time. 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.
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 Te Poi (pop. 840) located 4 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Matamata (pop. 6,300) located 7 km from the epicenter, Waharoa (pop. 1,500) 11 km away, and Putaruru (pop. 4,700) 23 km away. In Tauranga (pop. 155,200, 34 km away), Cambridge (pop. 15,200, 35 km away), Rotorua (pop. 65,900, 49 km away), and Hamilton (pop. 178,500, 49 km away), the quake was

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Thu, 15 May 2025, 18:00 1747332004 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5.5 during May 2025

Summary: 1 quake 7.0+, 5 quakes 6.0+, 73 quakes 5.0+, 559 quakes 4.0+, 2940 quakes 3.0+, 5581 quakes 2.0+ (9159 total)
This report is being updated every day.
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 6+: 5 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 73 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 559 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 2940 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 5581 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 8 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 9.4 x 1015 joules (2622 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2.3 x 106 tons of TNT or 141 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 7.4 learn moreList of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during May 2025:#1: Mag 7.4 South Atlantic Ocean, 236 km southeast of Isla Phillips Island, Region de Magallanes y Antartica Chilena, ChileFriday, May 2, 2025, at 09:58 am (GMT -3) – #2: Mag 6.3 South Atlantic Ocean, 333 km southeast of Isla Phillips Island, Region de Magallanes y Antartica Chilena, ChileFriday, May 2, 2025, at 02:59 pm (GMT -3) – #3: Mag 6.0 156 km west of Gorontalo, Kota Gorontalo, Gorontalo, IndonesiaSaturday, May 3, 2025, at 08:51 pm (Makassar time) – #4: Mag 6.0 Southern East Pacific RiseSunday, May 4, 2025, at 08:55 pm (GMT -7) – #5: Mag 5.8 25 km south of San Cristobal de las Casas, Estado de Chiapas, MexicoMonday,

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