A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 239 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (149 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 12:55:05 / September 8, 2015 @ 12:55 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003h8e. Id of event: us20003h8e. The temblor was detected at 00:55:05 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 62.87 km (39 miles). Exact location, longitude -179.9504° West, latitude -33.4033° South, depth = 62.87 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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: 239 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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