A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 102 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand (63 miles) on Saturday. Unique identifier: us700048q0. Ids that are associated to the event: us700048q0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/06/19 / 2019-06-23 05:41:41 / June 23, 2019 @ 5:41 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.7514 West, latitude -30.1841 South, depth = 35 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:41:41 / 5:41 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 nineteen, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 102 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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