A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 234 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (145 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 12:21:14 / 12:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -177.4434° West, -33.1437° South, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 00:21:14 / September 8, 2015 @ 12:21 am. Unique identifier: us20003ldh. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003ldh.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 234 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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