A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 106 km NNE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (66 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 17:39:54 / 5:39 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 -178.405° West, latitude -30.571° South, depth = 110.67 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.67 km (69 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 05:39:54 / January 31, 2020 @ 5:39 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us60007l30. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007l30.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 106 km NNE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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