A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 210 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (130 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006t8t. Unique identifier: us70006t8t. Exact location of earthquake, -178.1333° West, -33.2189° South, depth 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:01:26 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). 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 20:01:26 / January 1, 2020 @ 8:01 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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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