A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 125 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand (78 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/18 / 2018-01-09 00:43:48 / January 9, 2018 @ 12:43 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cn6z. Unique identifier: us2000cn6z. The temblor was reported at 12:43:48 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.8502 West, latitude -30.4021 South, depth = 35 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 125 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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