A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 217 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (135 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/10/17 / 2017-10-07 10:40:09 / October 7, 2017 @ 10:40 am. Exact location of event, longitude -178.363 West, latitude -33.3447 South, depth = 35 km. Event id: us1000arkn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000arkn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:40:09 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 217 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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