A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 94 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (58 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000je70. Event ids that are associated: us1000je70. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/03/19 / 2019-03-03 22:53:27 / March 3, 2019 @ 10:53 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -178.0008° West, -31.8097° South, depth 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:53:27 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every 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 thirty-four, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 94 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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