A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 105 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (65 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/06/17 / 2017-06-29 00:01:52 / June 29, 2017 @ 12:01 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.4397 West, latitude -30.1269 South, depth = 42.39 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10009781. Id of event: us10009781. The temblor was picked up at 12:01:52 / 12:01 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.39 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 105 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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