A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 133 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (83 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 00:37:09 / August 3, 2015 @ 12:37 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us100033wq. Ids that are associated to the event: us100033wq. The temblor was detected at 12:37:09 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -177.8982° West, latitude -32.2792° South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-two 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. 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: 133 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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