A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 100 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (62 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000jgns. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jgns. Exact location of earthquake, -178.4929° West, -32.2687° South, depth 35 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:19:14 / 11:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/03/19 / 2019-03-08 23:19:14 / March 8, 2019 @ 11:19 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 100 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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