A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 248 km ENE of Gisborne, New Zealand (154 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:26:40 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -179.6324° West, latitude -37.4261° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/05/19 / 2019-05-06 06:26:40 / May 6, 2019 @ 6:26 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003h8u. Id of event: us70003h8u. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 248 km ENE of Gisborne, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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