A earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 156 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (97 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/06/19 / 2019-06-21 08:37:20 / June 21, 2019 @ 8:37 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000444m. Id of event: us6000444m. Exact location of event, longitude -177.4198 West, latitude -30.8137 South, depth = 35 km. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:37:20 / 8:37 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 156 km ENE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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