A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 49 km NW of Te Anau, New Zealand (30 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.3629 East, latitude -45.0447 South, depth = 65.84 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000edma. Event ids that are associated: us1000edma. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.84 km (41 miles). Global time and date of event 28/05/18 / 2018-05-28 22:36:53 / May 28, 2018 @ 10:36 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:36:53 / 10:36 am (local time epicenter).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 49 km NW of Te Anau, New Zealand.
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