A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 266 km SW of Riverton, New Zealand (165 miles) on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 165.3506 East, latitude -47.9067 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:57:00 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/11/18 / 2018-11-26 09:57:00 / November 26, 2018 @ 9:57 am. Unique identifier: us1000hwlv. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hwlv.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 266 km SW of Riverton, New Zealand.
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