A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 89 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (55 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/01/20 / 2020-01-04 05:57:02 / January 4, 2020 @ 5:57 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -177.9675° West, -31.314° South, depth 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us700071pv. Unique identifier: us700071pv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:57:02 / 5:57 pm (local time epicenter).
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 five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 89 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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