A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 289 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (180 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:38:11 / 8:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -176.7905° West, -33.3325° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 20:38:11 / January 1, 2020 @ 8:38 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us70006taw. Event ids that are associated: us70006taw.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 289 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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