A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 136 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (85 miles) on Friday. The temblor was detected at 20:43:03 / 8:43 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000k778. Event ids that are associated: us2000k778. Exact location of event, longitude -178.2898 West, latitude -32.5471 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/03/19 / 2019-03-23 08:43:03 / March 23, 2019 @ 8:43 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days seventy-five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 136 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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