A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 134 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (83 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:08:20 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70004b7s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004b7s. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/06/19 / 2019-06-27 05:08:20 / June 27, 2019 @ 5:08 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -178.4912° West, -32.5974° South, depth 35 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 134 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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