A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 127 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (79 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.4582 West, latitude -30.3533 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us60009bhn. Event ids that are associated: us60009bhn. The temblor was detected at 15:45:02 / 3:45 pm (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: 19/04/20 / 2020-04-19 03:45:02 / April 19, 2020 @ 3:45 am.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 127 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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