A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 95 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (59 miles) on Tuesday. 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: 26/03/19 / 2019-03-26 17:10:59 / March 26, 2019 @ 5:10 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -178.2362° West, -32.0835° South, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000k9nz. Event ids that are associated: us2000k9nz. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:10:59 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 six, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 95 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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