A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 130 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand (81 miles) on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 11:08:39 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us700046sg. Ids that are associated to the event: us700046sg. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/06/19 / 2019-06-21 23:08:39 / June 21, 2019 @ 11:08 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -177.6902° West, -30.4313° South, depth 10 km.
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 ten, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 130 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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