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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Auckland Island in New Zealand


Earthquake location -48.6973S, 164.6146WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 249 km NNW of Auckland Island, New Zealand (155 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 11.15 km, 164.6146° East, -48.6973° South. Global time and date of event 30/08/17 / 2017-08-30 20:25:48 / August 30, 2017 @ 8:25 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.15 km (7 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ad9p. Unique identifier: us2000ad9p. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:25:48 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 249 km NNW of Auckland Island, New Zealand.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 164.6146° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -48.6973° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 249km NNW of Auckland Island, New Zealand Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-30 20:25:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-13 22:10:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.894 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000ad9p Id of event.
Event Code 2000ad9p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ad9p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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