A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 66 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (41 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/03/20 / 2020-03-07 01:14:17 / March 7, 2020 @ 1:14 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60008e95. Id of event: us60008e95. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:14:17 / 1:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -178.203° West, latitude -31.4319° South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 66 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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