A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 217 km NNW of Auckland Island, New Zealand (135 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.12 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 164.6036° East, latitude -49.0336° South, depth = 24.12 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004r28. Unique identifier: us10004r28. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/02/16 / 2016-02-17 00:11:21 / February 17, 2016 @ 12:11 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:11:21 / 11:11 am (local time epicenter).
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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 217 km NNW of Auckland Island, New Zealand.
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