A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Opotiki in New Zealand. Exact location of earthquake, 177.73° East, -37.94° South, depth 54.14 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007uvw. Unique identifier: us10007uvw. 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 54.14 km (34 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:00:15 / 9:00 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/01/17 / 2017-01-22 21:00:15 / January 22, 2017 @ 9:00 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kawerau, Gisborne, Whakatane. Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Gisborne (c. 34 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kawerau (c. 6 700 pop). Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 42 km ENE of Opotiki, New Zealand.
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