A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 129 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (80 miles). Id of earthquake: us700048ib. Event ids that are associated: us700048ib. The temblor was detected at 16:24:55 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/07/19 / 2019-07-02 04:24:55 / July 2, 2019 @ 4:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -177.5407° West, latitude -31.3227° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-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. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 129 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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