A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes East of the North Island of New Zealand (0 miles) on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us200030vy. Unique identifier: us200030vy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:44:15 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.72 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -179.794 West, latitude -35.5486 South, depth = 55.72 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/15 / 2015-07-08 01:44:15 / July 8, 2015 @ 1:44 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: East of the North Island of New Zealand.
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