A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 95 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (59 miles) on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/07/19 / 2019-07-22 12:14:23 / July 22, 2019 @ 12:14 pm. The epicenter was 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). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004qfx. Id of event: us70004qfx. Exact location of earthquake, -178.1451° West, -32.0058° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 00:14:23 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 95 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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