A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 74 km ESE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (46 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 47.95 km (30 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us100078s4. Unique identifier: us100078s4. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:09:10 / 5:09 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/11/16 / 2016-11-09 17:09:10 / November 9, 2016 @ 5:09 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -177.1737° West, -29.4779° South, depth 47.95 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km ESE of Raoul Island, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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