A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 124 km ENE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (77 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:31:40 / 3:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -176.6525 West, latitude -29.0031 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/05/19 / 2019-05-10 03:31:40 / May 10, 2019 @ 3:31 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003mkw. Id of event: us70003mkw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 124 km ENE of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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