A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 256 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (159 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -178.9877° West, latitude -33.7446° South, depth = 35 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:08:33 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/09/17 / 2017-09-30 20:08:33 / September 30, 2017 @ 8:08 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000ax92. Event ids that are associated: us2000ax92.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-four 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 256 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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