A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 128 km NNW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (80 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.347 West, latitude -30.3403 South, depth = 183.14 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dyvd. Id of event: us2000dyvd. The epicenter was at a depth of 183.14 km (114 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:04:37 / 5:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/04/18 / 2018-04-04 17:04:37 / April 4, 2018 @ 5:04 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 128 km NNW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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