A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 45 km W of Raoul Island, New Zealand (28 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/18 / 2018-08-07 23:34:23 / August 7, 2018 @ 11:34 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 200.11 km (124 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -178.3616° West, -29.2108° South, depth 200.11 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:34:23 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000g54n. Event ids that are associated: us1000g54n.
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. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km W of Raoul Island, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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