A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 231 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (144 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 00:32:53 / January 2, 2020 @ 12:32 am. The temblor was detected at 12:32:53 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -178.2268° West, latitude -33.4373° South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us70006tdj. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006tdj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 231 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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