A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 252 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (157 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.7441 West, latitude -32.7811 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/03/19 / 2019-03-07 15:27:22 / March 7, 2019 @ 3:27 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:27:22 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000jbwr. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jbwr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 252 km SE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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