A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 170 km NE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (106 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/02/16 / 2016-02-24 22:38:01 / February 24, 2016 @ 10:38 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10004sys. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004sys. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:38:01 / 10:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -176.8603° West, latitude -28.0297° South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 170 km NE of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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