A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 43 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (27 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 04:37:08 / 4:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.5545 West, latitude -31.6963 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000eyqz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eyqz. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/06/18 / 2018-06-19 16:37:08 / June 19, 2018 @ 4:37 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 43 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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