A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 84 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (52 miles) on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 19:33:18 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.828 West, latitude -32.1901 South, depth = 10 km. 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 07:33:18 / March 26, 2019 @ 7:33 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k9nr. Id of event: us2000k9nr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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: 84 km S of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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