A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 265 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (165 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -176.1227 West, latitude -31.7558 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 14:57:00 / December 14, 2016 @ 2:57 pm. Event id: us10007m24. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007m24. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:57:00 / 2:57 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 265 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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