A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 210 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (130 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:20:33 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -178.272 West, latitude -33.2573 South, depth = 10 km. 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 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 26/09/16 / 2016-09-26 00:20:33 / September 26, 2016 @ 12:20 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007c4w. Id of event: us20007c4w.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 210 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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