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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 15 km SSW of Pahiatua, New Zealand

Posted by admin on January 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -40.5905S, 175.7885WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Pahiatua in New Zealand on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 44.778 km, 175.7885° East, -40.5905° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 44.778 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pmru. Id of event: us6000pmru. The temblor was reported at 10:26:33 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/01/25 / 2025-01-28 10:26:33 / January 28, 2025 @ 10:26 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petone, Lower Hutt, Porirua (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Lower Hutt (c. 101 200 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Palmerston North (c. 76 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Porirua (c. 50 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Wanganui (c. 40 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Upper Hutt (c. 38 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Paraparaumu (c. 25 300 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Masterton (c. 20 700 pop).

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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km SSW of Pahiatua, New Zealand.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 175.7885° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -40.5905° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.778 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km SSW of Pahiatua, 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 2025-01-28 10:26:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-28 10:50:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.156 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 403 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.174 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us6000pmru Id of event.
Event Code 6000pmru An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pmru, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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