A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Whakatane in New Zealand. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000azft. Unique identifier: us1000azft. Exact location of event, longitude 177.3512 East, latitude -37.6252 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:59:52 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 22:59:52 / October 31, 2017 @ 10:59 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tauranga, Kawerau, Whakatane (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (65 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kawerau (c. 6 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km NE of Whakatane, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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