A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 158 km NNE of Gisborne, New Zealand (98 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000au09. Unique identifier: us1000au09. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.09 km (18 miles). Global time and date of event 19/10/17 / 2017-10-19 07:44:23 / October 19, 2017 @ 7:44 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 178.8816 East, latitude -37.4072 South, depth = 29.09 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:44:23 / 7:44 pm (local time epicenter).
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 158 km NNE of Gisborne, New Zealand.
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