A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 232 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (144 miles). Unique identifier: us10004dzn. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004dzn. 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). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/01/16 / 2016-01-04 03:04:39 / January 4, 2016 @ 3:04 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:04:39 / 3:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -178.1587° West, latitude -33.4353° South, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 232 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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