A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 239 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand (149 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006md3. Id of event: us10006md3. Exact location of event, longitude 179.8844 East, latitude -37.0893 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:48:26 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/09/16 / 2016-09-06 09:48:26 / September 6, 2016 @ 9:48 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 239 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand.
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