A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported Kermadec Islands region (0 miles) on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -177.7182° West, latitude -28.3772° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/03/21 / 2021-03-06 12:21:04 / March 6, 2021 @ 12:21 pm. Event id: us7000dghh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000dghh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:21:04 / 12:21 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: Kermadec Islands region.
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