A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 75 km WSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (47 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:17:36 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/08/15 / 2015-08-30 11:17:36 / August 30, 2015 @ 11:17 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 203.38 km (126 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10003653. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003653. Exact location of event, depth 203.38 km, -179.5986° West, -31.7615° South.
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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