A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Whakatane in New Zealand. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:36:06 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000ayxp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ayxp. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 177.3491 East, latitude -37.5074 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 07:36:06 / October 31, 2017 @ 7:36 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kawerau (c. 6 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kawerau, Whakatane (min 5000 pop).
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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 59 km NNE of Whakatane, New Zealand.
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