A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Gisborne in New Zealand. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/09/17 / 2017-09-27 02:21:50 / September 27, 2017 @ 2:21 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.6725 East, latitude -38.4536 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b1dr. Id of event: us2000b1dr. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:21:50 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gisborne (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Gisborne (c. 34 300 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 62 km ENE of Gisborne, New Zealand.
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