A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 185 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (115 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -178.6517° West, latitude -33.0898° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:47:09 / 2:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/10/15 / 2015-10-21 02:47:09 / October 21, 2015 @ 2:47 am. Unique identifier: us10003rwz. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003rwz.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 185 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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