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Major earthquake 7.3 mag, 238 km ENE of Gisborne, New Zealand

Posted by admin on March 4, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location -37.8S, -179.5WA major earthquake magnitude 7.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 238 km ENE of Gisborne, New Zealand (148 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:27:35 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -179.5° West, -37.8° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/03/21 / 2021-03-04 13:27:35 / March 4, 2021 @ 1:27 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: at00qpg5dz. Event ids that are associated: at00qpg5dz, pt21063000. A tsunami warning has been issued near Gisborne in New Zealand (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 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: 238 km ENE of Gisborne, New Zealand.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.5° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -37.8° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 238 km ENE of Gisborne, 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 2021-03-04 13:27:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-04 13:39:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 8.2 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 1 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 821 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.280823 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 201.599983872 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 at00qpg5dz Id of event.
Event Code 00qpg5dz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00qpg5dz,pt21063000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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