A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 110 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand (68 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.8124 West, latitude -30.2566 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 04:42:07 / 4:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/09/19 / 2019-09-14 16:42:07 / September 14, 2019 @ 4:42 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005ge6. Id of event: us70005ge6.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 110 km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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