A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 98 km WSW of Raoul Island, New Zealand (61 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/18 / 2018-12-14 05:09:59 / December 14, 2018 @ 5:09 am. The temblor was reported at 17:09:59 / 5:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -178.8023 West, latitude -29.6778 South, depth = 329.6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 329.6 km (205 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivc4. Id of event: us2000ivc4.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 98 km WSW of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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