A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 859 km NE of Ngunguru, New Zealand (534 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70009ni2. Unique identifier: us70009ni2. The temblor was reported at 09:59:36 / 9:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -178.4863 West, latitude -30.5896 South, depth = 104.41 km. Global time and date of event 18/05/20 / 2020-05-18 09:59:36 / May 18, 2020 @ 9:59 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.41 km (65 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 859 km NE of Ngunguru, New Zealand.
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