A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 166 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (103 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/03/16 / 2016-03-06 02:35:59 / March 6, 2016 @ 2:35 am. The temblor was detected at 14:35:59 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -177.5906° West, latitude -32.4355° South, depth = 35 km. Event id: us10004whf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004whf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 166 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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