A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 91 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (57 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:29:24 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/08/19 / 2019-08-05 19:29:24 / August 5, 2019 @ 7:29 pm. Unique identifier: us600050zk. Ids that are associated to the event: us600050zk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -177.9747 West, latitude -31.6571 South, depth = 10 km.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 91 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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