A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 141 km WSW of Raoul Island, New Zealand (88 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/01/16 / 2016-01-18 13:49:15 / January 18, 2016 @ 1:49 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 297.38 km (185 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10004fcf. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004fcf. Exact location, longitude -179.1895° West, latitude -29.8699° South, depth = 297.38 km. The temblor was reported at 01:49:15 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 141 km WSW of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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