A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 173 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (107 miles) on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 30/01/18 / 2018-01-30 16:52:56 / January 30, 2018 @ 4:52 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -177.2729° West, -32.1509° South, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cznk. Unique identifier: us2000cznk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:52:56 / 4:52 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 173 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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