A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 259 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (161 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 67.01 km (42 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:03:10 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/09/16 / 2016-09-26 00:03:10 / September 26, 2016 @ 12:03 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 67.01 km, -179.4956° West, -33.7218° South. 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: us20007c4x. Unique identifier: us20007c4x.
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 259 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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