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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag strikes near Kermadec Islands region


Earthquake location -31.3139S, -179.3131WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported Kermadec Islands region (0 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 174.177 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/04/24 / 2024-04-25 05:07:36 / April 25, 2024 @ 5:07 am. Unique identifier: us6000mtlr. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mtlr. Exact location of earthquake, -179.3131° West, -31.3139° South, depth 174.177 km. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:07:36 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: Kermadec Islands region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.3131° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.3139° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 174.177 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 2024-04-25 05:07:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-09 08:52:39 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 3.569 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 465 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 142 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.373 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 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 us6000mtlr Id of event.
Event Code 6000mtlr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mtlr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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