A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 276 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (171 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:57:43 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -176.758° West, latitude -33.1386° South, depth = 34.23 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 09:57:43 / July 19, 2015 @ 9:57 am. Unique identifier: us1000307x. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000307x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.23 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 276 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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