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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -29.4481S, -178.6294WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 06:15:37 / May 5, 2024 @ 6:15 am UTC/GMT. 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 216.068 km (134 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.6294 West, latitude -29.4481 South, depth = 216.068 km. The temblor was detected at 06:15:37 / 6:15 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000mwfb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mwfb.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.6294° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.4481° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 216.068 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Kermadec Islands, 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 2024-05-05 06:15:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 08:01:46 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 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.644 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us6000mwfb Id of event.
Event Code 6000mwfb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwfb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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