A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 184 km NE of Raoul Island, New Zealand (114 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/15 / 2015-12-20 07:29:11 / December 20, 2015 @ 7:29 am. The temblor was detected at 19:29:11 / 7:29 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -176.3981° West, latitude -28.2627° South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us100048fn. Event ids that are associated: us100048fn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 184 km NE of Raoul Island, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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