A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 223 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (139 miles). Id of earthquake: us20003hh2. Event ids that are associated: us20003hh2. 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). Exact location of earthquake, -178.7473° West, -33.4447° South, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 04:11:56 / September 9, 2015 @ 4:11 am. The temblor was picked up at 16:11:56 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 223 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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