A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 176 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (109 miles) on Sunday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:32:07 / 11:32 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -177.5379° West, latitude -32.5172° South, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us20002x7q. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002x7q. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/06/15 / 2015-06-28 23:32:07 / June 28, 2015 @ 11:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 176 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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