Strong earthquake, 6.7 mag strikes near Kermadec Islands region

A earthquake magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) strikes Kermadec Islands region (0 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/03/20 / 2020-03-14 10:01:19 / March 14, 2020 @ 10:01 am. Exact location of earthquake, -174.5° West, -28° South, depth 27 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27 km (17 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:01:19 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kermadec Islands region (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt20074000, at00q76h61. Id of event: at00q76h61.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: Kermadec Islands region.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-174.5° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-28° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	27 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 10:01:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-14 10:11:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-720	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	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	30	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	147.599988192	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	at00q76h61	Id of event.
Event Code	00q76h61	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt20074000,at00q76h61,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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