A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 221 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (137 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 31/12/19 / 2019-12-31 02:10:27 / December 31, 2019 @ 2:10 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 14:10:27 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.3629 West, latitude -33.3786 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007094. Id of event: us70007094.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 221 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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