A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 139 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (86 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/03/19 / 2019-03-06 21:42:54 / March 6, 2019 @ 9:42 pm. The temblor was detected at 09:42:54 / 9:42 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000jbhx. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jbhx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -177.7028° West, latitude -32.1609° South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 139 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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