A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Kermadec Islands region (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/03/21 / 2021-03-06 17:32:42 / March 6, 2021 @ 5:32 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.3361 West, latitude -29.0381 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:32:42 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000dgk3. Event ids that are associated: us7000dgk3.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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