A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 40 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (25 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/08/19 / 2019-08-25 14:27:25 / August 25, 2019 @ 2:27 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005a8b. Id of event: us70005a8b. Exact location, longitude -178.5363° West, latitude -31.6184° South, depth = 103.84 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:27:25 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 103.84 km (65 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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