A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 99 km SE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (62 miles). Exact location, longitude -177.0999° West, latitude -29.8338° South, depth = 20.54 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:57:34 / 4:57 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 04:57:34 / August 5, 2018 @ 4:57 am. 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 20.54 km (13 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g3rb. Unique identifier: us1000g3rb.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 99 km SE of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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