A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 71 km SSW of Hokitika, New Zealand (44 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 170.4855° East, -43.2596° South, depth 2.23 km. Unique identifier: us2000d05h. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d05h. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/02/18 / 2018-02-10 08:30:54 / February 10, 2018 @ 8:30 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.23 km (1 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:30:54 / 8:30 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km SSW of Hokitika, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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