A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 269 km NE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (167 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 10:16:44 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/15 / 2015-08-04 22:16:44 / August 4, 2015 @ 10:16 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.3448 West, latitude -27.2665 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us100033zm. Ids that are associated to the event: us100033zm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 269 km NE of Raoul Island, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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