A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 83 km W of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (52 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -179.7763 West, latitude -31.513 South, depth = 346.26 km. Global time and date of event 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 08:09:37 / June 30, 2018 @ 8:09 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:09:37 / 8:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 346.26 km (215 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fs2p. Id of event: us2000fs2p. 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 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 83 km W of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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