A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 155 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (96 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:50:57 / 2:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003h6p. Unique identifier: us20003h6p. Exact location of event, longitude -178.4377 West, latitude -32.782 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 02:50:57 / September 8, 2015 @ 2:50 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 155 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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