A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 134 km WSW of Raoul Island, New Zealand (83 miles). Exact location, longitude -179.0886° West, latitude -29.8887° South, depth = 327.56 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 13:38:46 / June 23, 2018 @ 1:38 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ezk1. Id of event: us1000ezk1. 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 327.56 km (204 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:38:46 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 134 km WSW of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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