A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 95 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (59 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/06/15 / 2015-06-17 15:37:24 / June 17, 2015 @ 3:37 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -177.9403° West, -31.6788° South. The temblor was detected at 03:37:24 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002mus. Id of event: us10002mus. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 95 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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