A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 206 km NE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (128 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/07/16 / 2016-07-13 14:24:22 / July 13, 2016 @ 2:24 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 02:24:22 / 2:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -176.4495 West, latitude -27.9132 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000639i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000639i.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 206 km NE of Raoul Island, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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