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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 38 km NNE of Gisborne, New Zealand


Earthquake location -38.3513S, 178.2153WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (mg/mb) was reported Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Gisborne in New Zealand. The temblor was reported at 01:51:20 / 1:51 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 43.13 km (27 miles). Global time of event 2014-12-19 12:51:20 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 178.2153 East, latitude -38.3513 South, depth 43.13 km.

Close countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Gisborne (c. 34 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gisborne.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 178.2153° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -38.3513° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km NNE of Gisborne, 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 2014-12-19 12:51:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2014-12-19 13:11:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 780 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 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 385 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.791 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 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 usc000t899 Id of event.
Event Code c000t899 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usc000t899 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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