A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 224 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (139 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -178.3816 West, latitude -33.4076 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/03/16 / 2016-03-01 16:51:15 / March 1, 2016 @ 4:51 pm. Unique identifier: us10004upu. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004upu. The temblor was picked up at 04:51:15 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 224 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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