A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 138 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (86 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/09/15 / 2015-09-11 04:57:01 / September 11, 2015 @ 4:57 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003mzg. Id of event: us20003mzg. The earthquake was roughly 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). Exact location of event, longitude -178.412 West, latitude -32.6129 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 16:57:01 / 4:57 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 eight, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 138 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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