A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 145 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (90 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -177.9581° West, latitude -32.4746° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 00:58:26 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002z77. Unique identifier: us20002z77. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 12:58:26 / July 4, 2015 @ 12:58 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 145 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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