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Moderate earthquake 5.8 mag, 147 km E of Hicks Bay, New Zealand


Earthquake location -37.7757S, 179.9524WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 147 km E of Hicks Bay, New Zealand (91 miles). The 5.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:03:53 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10.057 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nula. Unique identifier: us7000nula. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/24 / 2024-11-27 22:03:53 / November 27, 2024 @ 10:03 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10.057 km, 179.9524° East, -37.7757° South.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 147 km E of Hicks Bay, New Zealand. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.9524° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -37.7757° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.057 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 147 km E of Hicks Bay, 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 2024-11-27 22:03:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-27 22:19:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.043 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 518 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.323 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us7000nula Id of event.
Event Code 7000nula An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nula, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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