A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 147 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (91 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002y3c. Unique identifier: us20002y3c. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 06:22:24 / July 17, 2015 @ 6:22 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -177.7807° West, latitude -32.3546° South, depth = 10 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:22:24 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 147 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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