A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 133 km WSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (83 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 330.51 km (205 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 17/04/19 / 2019-04-17 05:03:42 / April 17, 2019 @ 5:03 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us700037l3. Ids that are associated to the event: us700037l3. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:03:42 / 5:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.7349 East, latitude -31.7203 South, depth = 330.51 km.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 133 km WSW of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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