A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 81 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (50 miles). Global time and date of event 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 17:55:08 / May 20, 2018 @ 5:55 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000eb3w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eb3w. Exact location, longitude -177.4336° West, latitude -29.8771° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 05:55:08 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 81 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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