A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 129 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand (80 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -177.7498 West, latitude -30.4305 South, depth = 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70005gl7. Unique identifier: us70005gl7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/19 / 2019-09-15 05:49:49 / September 15, 2019 @ 5:49 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:49:49 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 129 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand.
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