A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 101 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (63 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -177.8375 West, latitude -31.5054 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:21:32 / 1:21 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20002yxm. Event ids that are associated: us20002yxm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 13:21:32 / July 3, 2015 @ 1:21 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 101 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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