A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 188 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (117 miles). Event id: us10007ty8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ty8. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/16 / 2016-12-31 01:41:52 / December 31, 2016 @ 1:41 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:41:52 / 1:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.9792 West, latitude -32.8636 South, depth = 59.76 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.76 km (37 miles).
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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 188 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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