A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 81 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (50 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -178.5229 West, latitude -32.0964 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006gei. Id of event: us20006gei. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/16 / 2016-07-16 05:24:57 / July 16, 2016 @ 5:24 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:24:57 / 5:24 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 81 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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