A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 223 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (139 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -178.5629° West, -33.4267° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 19:05:13 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/09/15 / 2015-09-13 07:05:13 / September 13, 2015 @ 7:05 am. Id of earthquake: us20003j4j. Event ids that are associated: us20003j4j. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 223 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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