A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 76 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (47 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/12/16 / 2016-12-15 07:00:09 / December 15, 2016 @ 7:00 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:00:09 / 7:00 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10007m89. Event ids that are associated: us10007m89. Exact location of earthquake, -179.2668° West, -32.044° South, depth 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 76 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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