A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Balleny Islands region (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 162.8788 East, latitude -62.1872 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 19:22:59 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 08:22:59 / July 24, 2015 @ 8:22 am. Id of earthquake: us20002zsl. Event ids that are associated: us20002zsl.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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