A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Whakatane in New Zealand. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.05 km (79 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006c81. Id of event: us70006c81. Exact location of earthquake, 177.2129° East, -37.5376° South, depth 127.05 km. The temblor was detected at 04:34:44 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 16:34:44 / November 23, 2019 @ 4:34 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rotorua, Tauranga, Kawerau (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kawerau (c. 6 700 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 50 km NNE of Whakatane, New Zealand. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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