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Strong earthquake, 6.8 mag strikes near Riverton in New Zealand

Posted by admin on March 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -46.6549S, 165.9804WA earthquake magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 159 km WSW of Riverton, New Zealand (99 miles). The 6.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:43:11 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/03/25 / 2025-03-25 01:43:11 / March 25, 2025 @ 1:43 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 165.9804° East, -46.6549° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000pmem. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00stnos1, pt25084000, us7000pmem. A tsunami warning has been issued near Riverton in New Zealand (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 159 km WSW of Riverton, New Zealand.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 165.9804° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -46.6549° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 159 km WSW of Riverton, 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 2025-03-25 01:43:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-25 02:04:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.7 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 1 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 718 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 ,at,pt,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 0.688 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us7000pmem Id of event.
Event Code 7000pmem An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00stnos1,pt25084000,us7000pmem, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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