(Complete) Earthquakes list December 31, 2012 – Moderate shallow earthquake near Mount Taranaki, New Zealand

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Relatively strong and shallow earthquake near coast of New Zealand’s North Island
A relatively strong earthquake NOT reported ny the international agencies which occurred at 03:11 on New Years night. Shallow and close to one of the bigger cities in New Zealand, Plymouth.
Also very close to Mount Egmont (also called Mount Taranaki), an active volcano, but there are NO signs that this earthquake has any volcanic link.
The Magnitude of the earthquake was reported as a M5 at a depth of 5 km.
Geonet New Zealand has labelled the intensity as “severe” although NO report of damage was received by the authorities so far.
The mainshock was followed by a number of aftershocks.

Image courtesy Geonet, New Zealand

Some more information of the volcanic activity of Mount Taranaki (we like the Maori word) :
The most recent volcanic activity was the production of a lava dome in the crater and its collapse down the side of the mountain in the 1850s or 1860s. Between 1755 and 1800, an eruption sent a pyroclastic flow down the mountain’s northeast flanks,and a moderate ash eruption occurred about 1755, of the size of Ruapehu’s activity in 1995/1996. The last major eruption occurred around 1655. (source Wikipedia)

Moderate earthquake at intermediate depth in central Peru
Based on an increasing number of visitors joining us from Peru, we believe that an earthquake was felt. When you are one of the people who experienced this earthquake, please fill in the form behind “I Felt A (not Listed) Earthquake”. Thank you.
Update 08:57 UTC: No seismological data yet, but the first message from Peru indicates Moderate to strong shaking in Lima for a longer time than usually felt.
Update 08:59 UTC: Based on the number of visitors we experience at the moment and the time of the night, we can confirm that this earthquake is being felt as exceptional.
Update 09:00 UTC : No doubt that there was some shaking in Lima (all traffic we see in the site originates from the greater Lima area).
Update 09:01 UTC : First data that comes in is reporting a Magnitude of 4.4 at a depth of 53 km. Harmless but enough to wake up a lot of people.
Update 09:06 UTC : The epicenter is (based on the preliminary data) located in the Huaura district close to the city of Huacho where almost everybody left their houses. People indicate in this district that the earthquake felt really strong.
Update 09:10 UTC : We can conclude that this earthquake was frightening but luckily harmless (providing that the current earthquake data are correct).
Update 09:13 UTC : Data from USGS are now in and indicate a M4.9  at a depth of 70 km
Update 09:22 UTC : IGP Peru reports a Ml of 4.7 at a depth of 53 km. MMI III to IV at Huacho, III in Lima. Epicenter at 49 km from Huacho. We will add the IGP data in our listing below.

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