A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes near the east coast of Australia (0 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 154.2152° East, latitude -25.4326° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:41:40 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 23:41:40 / July 29, 2015 @ 11:41 pm UTC/GMT. 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: us10002w8v. Unique identifier: us10002w8v.
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
Did you feel anything?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: near the east coast of Australia.
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Joel Tabarot
I live on the Gold Coast and I heard a bang from the garage and the TV unit in the lounge started to rattle and I could feel like a small sea movement under the chair I was sitting on. It lasted few seconds.
Liz
Shook the buildings here in Hervey Bay
Maryse
Shook the hell out of the windows in my unit in Maroochydore.