A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 138 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (86 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.7736 West, latitude -32.2237 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/03/20 / 2020-03-16 02:45:29 / March 16, 2020 @ 2:45 am. Id of earthquake: us70008gwz. Event ids that are associated: us70008gwz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:45:29 / 2:45 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: 138 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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