A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 232 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (144 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 21:32:49 / January 1, 2020 @ 9:32 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.6512 West, latitude -33.2409 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:32:49 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70006tb2. Event ids that are associated: us70006tb2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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.
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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. 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: 232 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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