A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 141 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (88 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:11:30 / 11:11 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/03/19 / 2019-03-20 23:11:30 / March 20, 2019 @ 11:11 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -178.3885° West, latitude -32.6339° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jjkh. Unique identifier: us1000jjkh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 141 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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