A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Te Anau in New Zealand on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.426 East, latitude -44.7725 South, depth = 15.86 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/10/19 / 2019-10-24 08:53:38 / October 24, 2019 @ 8:53 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.86 km (10 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:53:38 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000623p. Id of event: us6000623p.
Earthquake epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Queenstown (c. 10 400 pop). Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Queenstown.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 eight 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 75 km NNW of Te Anau, New Zealand.
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