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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 13 km ESE of Rotorua, New Zealand


Earthquake location -38.1692S, 176.3891WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Rotorua in New Zealand on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:12:34 / 7:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 176.3891 East, latitude -38.1692 South, depth = 6.47 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.47 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: us7000d2yf. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000d2yf. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/01/21 / 2021-01-24 19:12:34 / January 24, 2021 @ 7:12 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 106 km (66 miles) from Hamilton (c. 152 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Tauranga (c. 110 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Whakatane (c. 18 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Cambridge (c. 15 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hamilton, Cambridge, Matamata. Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km ESE of Rotorua, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 176.3891° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -38.1692° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km ESE of Rotorua, 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 2021-01-24 19:12:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-24 19:29:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.322 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 418 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 0.643 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us7000d2yf Id of event.
Event Code 7000d2yf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d2yf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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