A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 89 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (55 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us100073pq. Unique identifier: us100073pq. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/10/16 / 2016-10-28 02:26:37 / October 28, 2016 @ 2:26 am. The temblor was reported at 14:26:37 / 2:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.0282 West, latitude -31.7364 South, depth = 48.69 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.69 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 89 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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