A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 106 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (66 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:28:49 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -177.6409 West, latitude -30.2003 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 20/01/18 / 2018-01-20 23:28:49 / January 20, 2018 @ 11:28 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000cdrn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cdrn. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-eight 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: 106 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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