A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 134 km NE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (83 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:41:05 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -176.8453° West, -28.4802° South. Unique identifier: us70003mkx. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003mkx. Global time and date of event 10/05/19 / 2019-05-10 06:41:05 / May 10, 2019 @ 6:41 am UTC/GMT.
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 five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 134 km NE of Raoul Island, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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