A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 124 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (77 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:38:41 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -177.7375 West, latitude -30.9216 South, depth = 198.28 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007v68. Unique identifier: us10007v68. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/01/17 / 2017-01-06 13:38:41 / January 6, 2017 @ 1:38 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 198.28 km (123 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 124 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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