A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 104 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (65 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.8715 West, latitude -31.1017 South, depth = 5.94 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/19 / 2019-06-16 15:23:38 / June 16, 2019 @ 3:23 pm. Id of earthquake: us600044bd. Event ids that are associated: us600044bd. 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 5.94 km (4 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:23:38 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 104 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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