A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported East of the North Island of New Zealand (0 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/17 / 2017-08-23 11:43:18 / August 23, 2017 @ 11:43 am. The temblor was detected at 23:43:18 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000abrq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000abrq. Exact location of earthquake, -179.49° West, -35.4879° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: East of the North Island of New Zealand.
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