A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 105 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (65 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jieh. Id of event: us1000jieh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/03/19 / 2019-03-09 03:01:23 / March 9, 2019 @ 3:01 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.1519 West, latitude -32.1358 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:01:23 / 3:01 pm (local time epicenter).
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 eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 105 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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