A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 201 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (125 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -178.2966 West, latitude -33.1791 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 03:01:15 / 3:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/03/16 / 2016-03-01 15:01:15 / March 1, 2016 @ 3:01 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004upk. Unique identifier: us10004upk.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 201 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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