A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 117 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:55:22 / 3:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -177.8155 West, latitude -31.9455 South, depth = 33.25 km. Event id: us20002z70. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002z70. Global time and date of event 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 03:55:22 / July 4, 2015 @ 3:55 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.25 km (21 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 117 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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