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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Riverton in New Zealand

Posted by admin on March 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -46.8617S, 165.6448WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 190 km WSW of Riverton, New Zealand (118 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 165.6448 East, latitude -46.8617 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/03/25 / 2025-03-25 02:05:47 / March 25, 2025 @ 2:05 am. Id of earthquake: us7000pmey. Event ids that are associated: us7000pmey. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:05:47 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter).

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

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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: 190 km WSW of Riverton, New Zealand.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 165.6448° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -46.8617° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 190 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 02:05:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-26 22:50:23 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 284 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.998 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us7000pmey Id of event.
Event Code 7000pmey An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pmey, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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