A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 126 km WNW of Raoul Island, New Zealand (78 miles) on Tuesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:37:52 / 7:37 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 -178.9896 West, latitude -28.6518 South, depth = 280.37 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 280.37 km (174 miles). Global time and date of event 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 19:37:52 / May 15, 2018 @ 7:37 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000e7zw. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e7zw.
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 126 km WNW of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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