A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 48 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (30 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:38:03 / 11:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.5333 West, latitude -31.7415 South, depth = 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/19 / 2019-01-08 23:38:03 / January 8, 2019 @ 11:38 pm. Unique identifier: us2000j8ci. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j8ci. 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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