A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 212 km WSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (132 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.9014 East, latitude -31.8139 South, depth = 520.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 520.2 km (323 miles). Global time and date of event 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 00:56:44 / December 7, 2015 @ 12:56 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20004g6f. Event ids that are associated: us20004g6f. The temblor was picked up at 12:56:44 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter). 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 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 212 km WSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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