A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 173 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (107 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:22:50 / 8:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -178.7101 West, latitude -32.9919 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004upy. Unique identifier: us10004upy. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/03/16 / 2016-03-01 20:22:50 / March 1, 2016 @ 8:22 pm UTC/GMT.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 173 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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