Strong earthquake, 6.7 mag has occurred near Kermadec Islands region

A earthquake magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, Kermadec Islands region (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:01:09 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.3 km (17 miles). Unique identifier: pt20074000. Ids that are associated to the event: pt20074000. Exact location of event, depth 27.3 km, -174.53° West, -28.03° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/03/20 / 2020-03-14 10:01:09 / March 14, 2020 @ 10:01 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kermadec Islands region (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: Kermadec Islands region.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-174.53° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-28.03° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	27.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Kermadec Islands region	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-03-14 10:01:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-14 10:10:07	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	1	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	691	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	13	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	179.9999856	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt20074000	Id of event.
Event Code	20074000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt20074000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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