A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 248 km NNE of Opotiki, New Zealand (154 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.21 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/17 / 2017-07-24 15:04:44 / July 24, 2017 @ 3:04 pm. Unique identifier: us2000a0f7. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000a0f7. The temblor was picked up at 03:04:44 / 3:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.6278 East, latitude -36.1243 South, depth = 93.21 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 248 km NNE of Opotiki, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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