A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 283 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (176 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -179.515° West, -33.9379° South. Id of earthquake: us2000jcn9. Event ids that are associated: us2000jcn9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:11:56 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/19 / 2019-02-03 06:11:56 / February 3, 2019 @ 6:11 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty 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. 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. 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: 283 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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