A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 184 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (114 miles). Global time and date of event 10/03/16 / 2016-03-10 00:37:14 / March 10, 2016 @ 12:37 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:37:14 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.7105 West, latitude -32.951 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004xtj. Id of event: us10004xtj.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 184 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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