A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 102 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (63 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/03/19 / 2019-03-26 15:07:07 / March 26, 2019 @ 3:07 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000k9nx. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000k9nx. Exact location of earthquake, -177.846° West, -31.6416° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 03:07:07 / 3:07 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days sixty-one 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 102 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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