A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 187 km NE of Opotiki, New Zealand (116 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:38:35 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/09/16 / 2016-09-04 05:38:35 / September 4, 2016 @ 5:38 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.9032 East, latitude -36.9917 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us10006mqr. Event ids that are associated: us10006mqr.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 187 km NE of Opotiki, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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