A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:17:24 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/19 / 2019-08-25 02:17:24 / August 25, 2019 @ 2:17 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us700057xl. Unique identifier: us700057xl. Exact location of event, depth 227.61 km, 177.1138° East, -37.07° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 227.61 km (141 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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