A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 203 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand (126 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10006nnr. Event ids that are associated: us10006nnr. Exact location, longitude 179.3372° East, latitude -37.1533° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/16 / 2016-09-09 00:55:11 / September 9, 2016 @ 12:55 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:55:11 / 12:55 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days eighty-nine 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.
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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. 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: 203 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand.
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