Great earthquake: M8 quake has struck near Kermadec Islands region

A great earthquake magnitude 8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, Kermadec Islands region (0 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -176.024 West, latitude -29.623 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/03/21 / 2021-03-04 19:28:27 / March 4, 2021 @ 7:28 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:28:27 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pt21063003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt21063003. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 8.0 or greater can totally destroy communities near the epicenter. Each year there are an estimated 1-2 great quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: Kermadec Islands region.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-176.024° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-29.623° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Kermadec Islands region	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-03-04 19:28:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-03-04 19:37:38	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	985	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	9	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	219.599982432	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt21063003	Id of event.
Event Code	21063003	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt21063003,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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