A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 120 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (75 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 15:13:28 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.0198 West, latitude -32.2192 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007c53. Id of event: us20007c53. Global time and date of event 26/09/16 / 2016-09-26 03:13:28 / September 26, 2016 @ 3:13 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 120 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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