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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Raoul Island in New Zealand


Earthquake location -29.4411S, -179.0468WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 113 km W of Raoul Island, New Zealand (70 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/11/16 / 2016-11-25 00:28:46 / November 25, 2016 @ 12:28 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:28:46 / 12:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ebv. Id of event: us10007ebv. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 174.09 km (108 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -179.0468° West, -29.4411° South, depth 174.09 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 113 km W of Raoul Island, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.0468° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.4411° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 174.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 113km W of Raoul Island, New Zealand Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-25 00:28:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-19 03:47:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.995 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10007ebv Id of event.
Event Code 10007ebv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007ebv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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