A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported Off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand (0 miles) on Friday. Global time and date of event 26/11/15 / 2015-11-26 18:11:34 / November 26, 2015 @ 6:11 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 77.28 km (48 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:11:34 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 179.2041° East, latitude -35.755° South, depth = 77.28 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us100041k7. Unique identifier: us100041k7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: Off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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