A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 219 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (136 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 01/08/15 / 2015-08-01 10:56:17 / August 1, 2015 @ 10:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 179.9267 East, latitude -33.1432 South, depth = 183.68 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:56:17 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 183.68 km (114 miles). Event id: us100033mc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100033mc.
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 219 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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