A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 143 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand (89 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/06/19 / 2019-06-16 06:10:48 / June 16, 2019 @ 6:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -177.7366 West, latitude -30.5497 South, depth = 35 km. The temblor was detected at 18:10:48 / 6:10 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us600044as. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600044as.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-nine, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 143 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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