A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 113 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (70 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 12/03/19 / 2019-03-12 07:41:42 / March 12, 2019 @ 7:41 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:41:42 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.5058 West, latitude -30.2303 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000jjsr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jjsr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 113 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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