A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 284 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (176 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -179.2918° West, -33.9746° South, depth 40.4 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.4 km (25 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000da30. Event ids that are associated: us1000da30. Global time and date of event 21/03/18 / 2018-03-21 11:38:49 / March 21, 2018 @ 11:38 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:38:49 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-eight 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 284 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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