A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 174 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (108 miles) on Friday. Global time and date of event 30/08/19 / 2019-08-30 15:18:45 / August 30, 2019 @ 3:18 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -178.3755° West, -32.938° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:18:45 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70005cc3. Unique identifier: us70005cc3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 174 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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