A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 134 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand (83 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:21:58 / 7:21 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 07:21:58 / August 27, 2015 @ 7:21 am. Unique identifier: us20003hr1. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003hr1. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.6964 West, latitude -30.4664 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 134 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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