A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Queenstown in New Zealand. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 9.58 km, 167.731° East, -44.4723° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/06/20 / 2020-06-12 07:29:18 / June 12, 2020 @ 7:29 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.58 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:29:18 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000aah8. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000aah8.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Queenstown (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Queenstown (c. 10 400 pop). Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 96 km NW of Queenstown, New Zealand.
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