A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 87 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (54 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:26:01 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). 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: 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 21:26:01 / December 21, 2019 @ 9:26 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006x1j. Unique identifier: us70006x1j. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.5151 West, latitude -29.9781 South, depth = 35 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 87 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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