A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 216 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (134 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -178.2919 West, latitude -33.3118 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000d1h3. Event ids that are associated: us1000d1h3. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 14:50:07 / February 27, 2018 @ 2:50 pm. The temblor was detected at 02:50:07 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 216 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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