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


Earthquake location -36.8243S, 177.2948WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 128 km NE of Maketu, New Zealand (80 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/20 / 2020-08-30 13:26:47 / August 30, 2020 @ 1:26 pm. The temblor was picked up at 13:26:47 / 1:26 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 177.2948 East, latitude -36.8243 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000bf19. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bf19.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 128 km NE of Maketu, New Zealand.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 177.2948° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -36.8243° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 128 km NE of Maketu, 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 2020-08-30 13:26:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-03 19:59:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.76 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 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 403 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 1.093 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us7000bf19 Id of event.
Event Code 7000bf19 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bf19, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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