A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 112 km NW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (70 miles) on Thursday. Global time and date of event 02/03/17 / 2017-03-02 13:30:16 / March 2, 2017 @ 1:30 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000886y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000886y. The temblor was picked up at 01:30:16 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.8275 West, latitude -30.8013 South, depth = 347.83 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 347.83 km (216 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 112 km NW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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