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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Turangi in New Zealand

Posted by admin on December 14, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -39.3173S, 176.1262WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Turangi in New Zealand. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:12:35 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.71 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/12/19 / 2019-12-14 06:12:35 / December 14, 2019 @ 6:12 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60006rf4. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006rf4. Exact location of event, depth 66.71 km, 176.1262° East, -39.3173° South.

Event epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Hastings (c. 61 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Napier (c. 56 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Taradale (c. 16 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hastings, Taupo, Napier (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop).

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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each 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. 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: 38 km SSE of Turangi, New Zealand.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 176.1262° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -39.3173° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km SSE of Turangi, 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 2019-12-14 06:12:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-14 06:36:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 400 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 0.322 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us60006rf4 Id of event.
Event Code 60006rf4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006rf4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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