A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 126 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (78 miles) on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/19 / 2019-07-28 07:27:36 / July 28, 2019 @ 7:27 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.5722 West, latitude -30.3745 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 19:27:36 / 7:27 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60004wq0. Unique identifier: us60004wq0.
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 five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 126 km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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