A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 151 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (94 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/02/17 / 2017-02-17 17:10:21 / February 17, 2017 @ 5:10 pm. Id of earthquake: us20008mrj. Event ids that are associated: us20008mrj. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.3509 West, latitude -31.7609 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:10:21 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 151 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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