A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 160 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (99 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -177.2848 West, latitude -31.0205 South, depth = 10.85 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.85 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000369f. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000369f. Global time and date of event 31/08/15 / 2015-08-31 06:07:38 / August 31, 2015 @ 6:07 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 18:07:38 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 160 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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