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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near the Kermadec Islands


Earthquake location -32.4599S, -179.0902WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes south of the Kermadec Islands (0 miles) on Monday. Exact location, longitude -179.0902° West, latitude -32.4599° South, depth = 78.865 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78.865 km (49 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:21:51 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/08/24 / 2024-08-19 13:21:51 / August 19, 2024 @ 1:21 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000nd9c. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nd9c.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: south of the Kermadec Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -179.0902° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.4599° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 78.865 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place south of the Kermadec Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-19 13:21:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-12 14:54:44 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 354 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.342 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us7000nd9c Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd9c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nd9c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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