A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 185 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand (115 miles) on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000dh0a. Unique identifier: us7000dh0a. Exact location of event, longitude 179.5521 East, latitude -37.5164 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/03/21 / 2021-03-08 02:49:56 / March 8, 2021 @ 2:49 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 02:49:56 / 2:49 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 185 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand.
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