A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 288 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (179 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.4648 West, latitude -34.0059 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007dcm. Unique identifier: us10007dcm. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 14:12:10 / November 13, 2016 @ 2:12 pm. The temblor was picked up at 02:12:10 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter).
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 four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 288 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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