A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 127 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (79 miles). Global time and date of event 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 09:58:13 / June 19, 2016 @ 9:58 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.04 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us200066gr. Unique identifier: us200066gr. Exact location of earthquake, -177.6667° West, -30.9773° South, depth 23.04 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:58:13 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days eighty 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 127 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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