A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 192 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (119 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -178.011° West, -32.9978° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000406t. Id of event: us2000406t. The temblor was reported at 06:18:13 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/10/15 / 2015-10-23 18:18:13 / October 23, 2015 @ 6:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 192 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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