A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 73 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (45 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:55:05 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70004qyk. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004qyk. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -178.1996° West, -31.1445° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/07/19 / 2019-07-23 01:55:05 / July 23, 2019 @ 1:55 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 73 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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