A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 95 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (59 miles) on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.09 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -177.9006 West, latitude -31.4695 South, depth = 24.09 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20004zif. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004zif. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/02/16 / 2016-02-08 14:40:37 / February 8, 2016 @ 2:40 pm. The temblor was picked up at 02:40:37 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-eight 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 95 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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