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The depth of the quake could not be determined, but is assumed to be shallow.The quake was not felt (or at least not reported so).Quake Data | Interactive map | Seismograms | User reports | Earlier quakes here | Quakes in New Zealand | Bay of Plenty | Gisborne | WaikatoHint: Click on the image to see different maps of this quake!Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at unknown depth30 Jul 03:56 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 1 minute.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeJul 30, 2026 03:55:18 UTC - Local time at epicenterThursday, Jul 30, 2026, at 03:55 pm (GMT +12)StatusconfirmedMagnitude3.90Depth10 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude37.4652°S / 177.0864°ENew ZealandSeismic antipode37.4652°N / 2.914°WSpainShaking intensityIV Light shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoWhite Island (10 km / 6 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeFew Clouds 14.3°C (58 F), humidity: 71%, wind: 9 m/s (17 kts) from NNWEstimated seismic energy released4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.9 | about seismic energy2 minutes agoJul 30, 2026 03:55 GMT / Jul 30, 2026 03:55 pm (GMT +12)Lat / Lng: -37.4652 / 177.0864: New Zealand: Off E. Coast OF N. Island, N.Z.Source: EMSCOther sources: GEONET (NZ): 3.8 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23228368',-37.46520,177.08640,'2 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, New Zealand: Off E. Coast OF N. 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People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking. In the capital of New Zealand, Wellington, 469 km (292 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake could not be felt.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry55 km (34 mi)SW of epicenterMatata(pop: 681)II: Very weakWhakatane District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand56 km (35 mi)S of epicenterWhakatane(pop: 18,600)II: Very weakBay of PlentyNew Zealand60 km (38 mi)SE of epicenterTe Kaha(pop: 387)II: Very weakOpotiki District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand62 km (38 mi)S of epicenterEdgecumbe(pop: 1,900)II: Very weakWhakatane District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand63 km (39 mi)S of epicenterOpotiki(pop: 4,880)II: Very weakBay of PlentyNew Zealand65 km (41 mi)SW of epicenterMaketu(pop: 1,410)II: Very weakWestern Bay of Plenty District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand67 km (42 mi)S of epicenterTaneatua(pop: 1,500)II: Very weakWhakatane District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand75 km (47 mi)SW of epicenterTe Puke(pop: 10,500)II: Very weakWestern Bay of Plenty District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand76 km (47 mi)S of epicenterWaimana(pop: 709)II: Very weakWhakatane District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand78 km (49 mi)SW of epicenterKawerau(pop: 7,670)II: Very weakBay of PlentyNew Zealand85 km (53 mi)W of epicenterTauranga(pop: 155,200)II: Very weakBay of PlentyNew Zealand91 km (57 mi)SW of epicenterOropi(pop: 2,520)II: Very weakWestern Bay of Plenty District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand95 km (59 mi)W of epicenterOmokoroa(pop: 5,990)II: Very weakWestern Bay of Plenty District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand95 km (59 mi)SW of epicenterKaharoa(pop: 1,620)II: Very weakRotorua District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand104 km (64 mi)W of epicenterKatikati(pop: 6,000)II: Very weakWestern Bay of Plenty District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand105 km (65 mi)SW of epicenterRotorua(pop: 65,900)II: Very weakBay of PlentyNew Zealand108 km (67 mi)E of epicenterHicks Bay(pop: 1,390)II: Very weakGisborne District, GisborneNew Zealand111 km (69 mi)W of epicenterWaihi(pop: 4,620)II: Very weakHauraki District, WaikatoNew Zealand112 km (69 mi)W of epicenterWhangamata(pop: 4,270)II: Very weakThames-Coromandel District, WaikatoNew Zealand113 km (70 mi)SW of epicenterMamaku(pop: 751)II: Very weakRotorua District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand116 km (72 mi)S of epicenterMurupara(pop: 1,880)II: Very weakWhakatane District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand119 km (74 mi)SE of epicenterRuatoria(pop: 897)II: Very weakGisborne District, GisborneNew Zealand120 km (74 mi)SW of epicenterTe Poi(pop: 840)II: Very weakMatamata-Piako District, WaikatoNew Zealand120 km (75 mi)NW of epicenterTairua(pop: 1,590)II: Very weakThames-Coromandel District, WaikatoNew Zealand122 km (76 mi)W of epicenterTe Aroha(pop: 4,700)II: Very weakMatamata-Piako District, WaikatoNew Zealand123 km (76 mi)W of epicenterMatamata(pop: 6,310)II: Very weakWaikatoNew Zealand126 km (78 mi)W of epicenterPaeroa(pop: 3,990)II: Very weakHauraki District, WaikatoNew Zealand126 km (78 mi)SW of epicenterReporoa(pop: 595)II: Very weakRotorua District, Bay of PlentyNew Zealand129 km (80 mi)W of epicenterWaitoa(pop: 1,170)II: Very weakMatamata-Piako District, WaikatoNew Zealand130 km (81 mi)SE of epicenterTokomaru(pop: 954)II: Very weakGisborne District, GisborneNew Zealand132 km (82 mi)SW of epicenterPutaruru(pop: 4,670)II: Very weakSouth Waikato District, WaikatoNew Zealand137 km (85 mi)SW of epicenterTokoroa(pop: 14,500)II: Very weakSouth Waikato District, WaikatoNew Zealand140 km (87 mi)W of epicenterMorrinsville(pop: 9,710)II: Very weakMatamata-Piako District, WaikatoNew Zealand142 km (88 mi)W of epicenterThames(pop: 7,140)II: Very weakWaikatoNew Zealand142 km (88 mi)NW of epicenterWhitianga(pop: 6,230)II: Very weakThames-Coromandel District, WaikatoNew Zealand142 km (88 mi)W of epicenterNgatea(pop: 1,150)II: Very weakHauraki District, WaikatoNew Zealand146 km (91 mi)SE of epicenterTolaga Bay(pop: 932)II: Very weakGisborne District, GisborneNew Zealand155 km (96 mi)SE of epicenterGisborne(pop: 38,300)II: Very weakGisborneNew Zealand161 km (100 mi)SW of epicenterTaupo(pop: 26,600)I: Not feltWaikatoNew Zealand469 km (292 mi)SW of epicenterWellington(pop: 381,900): Not feltWellingtonNew ZealandNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Get the Android appCompare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-07-30EpicenterAgency3.910 km6.2 mi(*)03:55:18.525OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z.EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)3.810 km6.2 mi(*)03:55:18New Zealand0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCGEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand)Notes:(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could be not determined with sufficient accuracy."; HTMLcontent += ""; mainMap.addToMap("station"+id, lat, lon, title,HTMLcontent); mainMap.map.panTo([lat,lon]); document.getElementById("map_canvas").scrollIntoView();}]]>SeismogramsSeismic station: South Karori, New Zealand (SNZO/IU network) | Distance from quake: 474 km / 294 mi | Show on map | Station InfoSeismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-5.0 Hz. Source: NSF SAGE Facility IRISWS timeseriesplot Web ServiceEarthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 2,500 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 6 or higher: 0.13 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 7.7 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 1.86 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 25 quakes per yearMag. 3 or higher: 279 quakes per year (or 23.2 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 1,900 quakes per year (or 5.3 quakes per day)Mag. 1 or higher: 2,500 quakes per year (or 6.8 quakes per day)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 16 quakes above magnitude 6 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 5 to 10 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake