A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 258 km NE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (160 miles) on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/08/15 / 2015-08-09 05:17:07 / August 9, 2015 @ 5:17 am. Exact location of earthquake, -176.2029° West, -27.4766° South, depth 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000350i. Id of event: us1000350i. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:17:07 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 258 km NE of Raoul Island, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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