A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 128 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (80 miles) on Thursday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:39:21 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -177.5568° West, -31.3356° South. Unique identifier: us700046r9. Ids that are associated to the event: us700046r9. 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: 21/06/19 / 2019-06-21 05:39:21 / June 21, 2019 @ 5:39 am.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days ninety-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 128 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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