A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 211 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand (131 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/10/16 / 2016-10-04 00:41:12 / October 4, 2016 @ 12:41 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:41:12 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007dq8. Unique identifier: us20007dq8. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 179.6388° East, latitude -37.2561° South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 211 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand.
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