A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 217 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (135 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.78 km (1 miles). Global time and date of event 13/08/15 / 2015-08-13 15:58:24 / August 13, 2015 @ 3:58 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us100031zm. Unique identifier: us100031zm. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:58:24 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -177.3622 West, latitude -32.8936 South, depth = 1.78 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 217 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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