A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 186 km SE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (116 miles). Global time and date of event 02/03/16 / 2016-03-02 19:07:53 / March 2, 2016 @ 7:07 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:07:53 / 7:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -176.5513 West, latitude -30.4739 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004u5l. Id of event: us10004u5l. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 186 km SE of Raoul Island, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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