A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 121 km NE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (75 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 13.52 km (8 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/04/19 / 2019-04-06 09:33:19 / April 6, 2019 @ 9:33 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:33:19 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000352x. Unique identifier: us7000352x. Exact location of event, depth 13.52 km, -178.168° West, -30.5405° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-four 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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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. 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: 121 km NE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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