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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand


Earthquake location -29.2821S, -177.0604WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand (0 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.586 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000msek. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000msek. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/06/24 / 2024-06-08 23:43:26 / June 8, 2024 @ 11:43 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:43:26 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 60.586 km, -177.0604° West, -29.2821° South.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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, New Zealand.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -177.0604° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.2821° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.586 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 2024-06-08 23:43:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-15 02:34:45 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 312 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.752 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 248 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 us7000msek Id of event.
Event Code 7000msek An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000msek, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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