A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 259 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (161 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 09:16:18 / December 14, 2016 @ 9:16 am UTC/GMT. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:16:18 / 9:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -176.1898 West, latitude -31.7505 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200080pe. Id of event: us200080pe. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 259 km E of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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