A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 110 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (68 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000jgjg. Event ids that are associated: us1000jgjg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/03/19 / 2019-03-07 07:56:21 / March 7, 2019 @ 7:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -178.3863° West, -32.3281° South. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:56:21 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 110 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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