A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, East of the North Island of New Zealand (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us20002vmc. Event ids that are associated: us20002vmc. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 05:35:10 / July 7, 2015 @ 5:35 am. Exact location of earthquake, -178.8103° West, -35.677° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:35:10 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: East of the North Island of New Zealand.
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