A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 170 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (106 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/16 / 2016-12-29 13:42:27 / December 29, 2016 @ 1:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10007njd. Event ids that are associated: us10007njd. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.8 km (27 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:42:27 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -179.0553° West, -32.9684° South, depth 42.8 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 170 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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