A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 64 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (40 miles) on Monday. Global time and date of event 24/05/16 / 2016-05-24 07:39:08 / May 24, 2016 @ 7:39 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.2202 West, latitude -31.4607 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20005z7h. Unique identifier: us20005z7h. The temblor was detected at 19:39:08 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 64 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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