A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 176 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand (109 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:31:54 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 179.206° East, latitude -37.3757° South, depth = 19.9 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.9 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006ttz. Id of event: us10006ttz. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/16 / 2016-09-19 23:31:54 / September 19, 2016 @ 11:31 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: 176 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand.
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