A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 202 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (126 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:33:55 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 14:33:55 / July 4, 2015 @ 2:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -179.1466° West, -33.2467° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002z7a. Unique identifier: us20002z7a.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 202 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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