A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 162 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand (101 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -178.3713° West, -32.8251° South. Global time and date of event 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 17:52:21 / July 6, 2019 @ 5:52 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:52:21 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70004d2w. Event ids that are associated: us70004d2w.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 162 km SSE of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.
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