A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 94 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (58 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:25:24 / 4:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/03/19 / 2019-03-09 16:25:24 / March 9, 2019 @ 4:25 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jcyh. Unique identifier: us1000jcyh. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.1116 West, latitude -32.2614 South, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 94 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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