A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 32 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (20 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -178.8638° West, -31.7242° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/18 / 2018-05-27 17:47:35 / May 27, 2018 @ 5:47 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000efdu. Event ids that are associated: us1000efdu. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:47:35 / 5:47 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 five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 32 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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