A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 300 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (186 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:49:42 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/17 / 2017-09-29 09:49:42 / September 29, 2017 @ 9:49 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location, longitude -178.883° West, latitude -34.1463° South, depth = 35 km. Event id: us2000b1z6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b1z6.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 300 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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