A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported Off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand (0 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/15 / 2015-08-08 03:25:40 / August 8, 2015 @ 3:25 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.4105 East, latitude -35.0658 South, depth = 104.28 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:25:40 / 3:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 104.28 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100030dh. Id of event: us100030dh.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
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