A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 136 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (85 miles). Unique identifier: us7000460r. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000460r. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.4784 West, latitude -31.2675 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/19 / 2019-06-19 15:39:46 / June 19, 2019 @ 3:39 pm. The temblor was picked up at 03:39:46 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). 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 twenty-seven, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 136 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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