A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Queenstown in New Zealand. Global time and date of event 06/10/18 / 2018-10-06 09:37:16 / October 6, 2018 @ 9:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.8786 East, latitude -44.4538 South, depth = 11.52 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.52 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000h82b. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h82b. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:37:16 / 9:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Queenstown (c. 10 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Queenstown (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km NW of Queenstown, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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