A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 49 km SW of Raoul Island, New Zealand (30 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -178.3103° West, -29.5275° South. 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: 18/12/19 / 2019-12-18 10:42:59 / December 18, 2019 @ 10:42 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006u8y. Unique identifier: us70006u8y. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:42:59 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 49 km SW of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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