A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 112 km WSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (70 miles). Unique identifier: us20008lgi. Ids that are associated to the event: us20008lgi. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/02/17 / 2017-02-11 18:43:24 / February 11, 2017 @ 6:43 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.9561 West, latitude -31.8863 South, depth = 355.57 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:43:24 / 6:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 355.57 km (221 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 have been detected in the same area. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 112 km WSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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