A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 257 km E of Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island (160 miles). Unique identifier: us20006eqj. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006eqj. A tsunami warning has been issued near Flying Fish Cove in Christmas Island (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 14/07/16 / 2016-07-14 18:28:05 / July 14, 2016 @ 6:28 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 108.029° East, -10.4819° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 01:28:05 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 257 km E of Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island.
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