A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 136 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (85 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/15 / 2015-08-31 02:51:53 / August 31, 2015 @ 2:51 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:51:53 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003itb. Unique identifier: us20003itb. Exact location of event, longitude -177.5105 West, latitude -31.1202 South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-nine 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 quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 136 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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