A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 150 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (93 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -177.5464° West, -30.735° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/06/19 / 2019-06-17 10:47:34 / June 17, 2019 @ 10:47 am. The temblor was detected at 22:47:34 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us600041pz. Event ids that are associated: us600041pz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 150 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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