A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, Off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.46 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:12:55 / 9:12 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000649q. Event ids that are associated: us2000649q. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/06/16 / 2016-06-08 09:12:55 / June 8, 2016 @ 9:12 am. Exact location, longitude 179.9224° East, latitude -35.9892° South, depth = 35.46 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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