Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Kermadec Islands region

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes Kermadec Islands region (0 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/03/21 / 2021-03-05 03:33:20 / March 5, 2021 @ 3:33 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -176.6413° West, -28.7791° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000dfu4. Event ids that are associated: us7000dfu4. The temblor was reported at 03:33:20 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-176.6413° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-28.7791° 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	2021-03-05 03:33:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-03-05 03:55:25	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	3.013	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	482	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	12.014	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.29 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	45	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	us7000dfu4	Id of event.
Event Code	7000dfu4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000dfu4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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