A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 273 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (170 miles) on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 125.59 km (78 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/10/17 / 2017-10-07 00:51:13 / October 7, 2017 @ 12:51 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.5346 West, latitude -33.8788 South, depth = 125.59 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ark8. Id of event: us1000ark8. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:51:13 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 273 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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