A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 78 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (48 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70005a9k. Unique identifier: us70005a9k. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/08/19 / 2019-08-26 04:19:06 / August 26, 2019 @ 4:19 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:19:06 / 4:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -178.1439° West, -31.7189° South, depth 10 km. 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km ESE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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