A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 108 km NNE of Whakatane, New Zealand (67 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 125.32 km (78 miles). Exact location, longitude 177.5846° East, latitude -37.1006° South, depth = 125.32 km. Id of earthquake: us2000jkmz. Event ids that are associated: us2000jkmz. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/02/19 / 2019-02-20 14:18:49 / February 20, 2019 @ 2:18 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:18:49 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter).
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 seven 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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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: 108 km NNE of Whakatane, New Zealand.
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