A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 83 km SW of Raoul Island, New Zealand (52 miles). Id of earthquake: us70006u8h. Event ids that are associated: us70006u8h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:27:36 / 2:27 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/19 / 2019-12-18 02:27:36 / December 18, 2019 @ 2:27 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.5852 West, latitude -29.7175 South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 83 km SW of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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