Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Macquarie Island region

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Macquarie Island region (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ceaa. Id of event: us7000ceaa. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/20 / 2020-11-13 09:12:46 / November 13, 2020 @ 9:12 am. The temblor was reported at 09:12:46 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 159.674 East, latitude -53.1238 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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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. 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: Macquarie Island region.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	159.674° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-53.1238° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Macquarie Island region	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-11-13 09:12:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-11-13 09:38:15	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	3.516	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	500	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	1.441	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.45 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	us7000ceaa	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ceaa	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ceaa,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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