A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 127 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (79 miles). Unique identifier: us20003jmd. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003jmd. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 00:51:17 / September 2, 2015 @ 12:51 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -177.7238° West, -30.8843° South. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:51:17 / 12:51 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).
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 five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 127 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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