A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 181 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (112 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:10:16 / 4:10 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.1457 West, latitude -32.0885 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g73v. Unique identifier: us1000g73v. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 04:10:16 / August 12, 2018 @ 4:10 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 181 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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