A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 174 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (108 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -178.5605 West, latitude -32.9814 South, depth = 6.25 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.25 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:03:23 / 6:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 18:03:23 / July 24, 2015 @ 6:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us100031vd. Unique identifier: us100031vd.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 174 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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