A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 110 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (68 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/03/19 / 2019-03-11 20:56:28 / March 11, 2019 @ 8:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:56:28 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -177.9517 West, latitude -32.0112 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000jdug. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jdug.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 110 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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