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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near the Kermadec Islands


Earthquake location -33.5802S, -179.2357WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported south of the Kermadec Islands (0 miles) on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 17:40:22 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 30.17 km (19 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.2357 West, latitude -33.5802 South, depth = 30.17 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/01/21 / 2021-01-18 17:40:22 / January 18, 2021 @ 5:40 pm. Event id: us7000d15q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d15q.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: south of the Kermadec Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.2357° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.5802° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.17 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place south of the Kermadec Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-18 17:40:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-18 17:59:55 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 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 432 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 4.449 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000d15q Id of event.
Event Code 7000d15q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d15q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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