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Major earthquake, 7.1 mag has occurred near Opotiki in New Zealand

Posted by admin on June 18, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -33.2797S, -177.8305WA major earthquake with magnitude 7.1 (ml/mb) was reported 685 km NE of Opotiki, New Zealand (426 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.8305 West, latitude -33.2797 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 12:49:53 / 12:49 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000ae4n. Event ids that are associated: at00qc4gz1, pt20170001, us6000ae4n. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/06/20 / 2020-06-18 12:49:53 / June 18, 2020 @ 12:49 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Opotiki in New Zealand (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 685 km NE of Opotiki, New Zealand.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.8305° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.2797° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 685 km NE of Opotiki, 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 2020-06-18 12:49:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-18 13:13:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 7.126 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 778 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 ,at,pt,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 4.023 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 26 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ae4n Id of event.
Event Code 6000ae4n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00qc4gz1,pt20170001,us6000ae4n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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