A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 248 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (154 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:38:12 / 10:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.4306 West, latitude -33.6255 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60006apg. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006apg. Global time and date of event 03/11/19 / 2019-11-03 22:38:12 / November 3, 2019 @ 10:38 pm UTC/GMT.
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. 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 248 km SSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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