A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 279 km NE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (173 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 04:27:32 / July 31, 2016 @ 4:27 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10006a46. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006a46. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:27:32 / 4:27 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -176.2163° West, -27.2361° South, depth 35 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty-seven 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.
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