A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 941 km NE of Ngunguru, New Zealand (585 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/06/20 / 2020-06-02 01:02:28 / June 2, 2020 @ 1:02 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.6373 West, latitude -30.2982 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:02:28 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a8nk. Id of event: us6000a8nk.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 941 km NE of Ngunguru, New Zealand.
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