A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 188 km WSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (117 miles). Event id: us200065ne. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200065ne. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 498.2 km (310 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.1626 East, latitude -31.7891 South, depth = 498.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/06/16 / 2016-06-21 07:51:44 / June 21, 2016 @ 7:51 am. The temblor was picked up at 19:51:44 / 7:51 pm (local time epicenter).
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 two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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: 188 km WSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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