A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 146 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (91 miles) on Friday. Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 02:36:22 / July 6, 2019 @ 2:36 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -177.391 West, latitude -30.5145 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:36:22 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70004ljd. Event ids that are associated: us70004ljd.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eighty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 146 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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