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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near the Kermadec Islands


Earthquake location -34.5797S, 179.1521WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, South of the Kermadec Islands (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 151.69 km, 179.1521° East, -34.5797° South. Event id: us2000ix4a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ix4a. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 151.69 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/12/18 / 2018-12-24 13:12:12 / December 24, 2018 @ 1:12 pm. The temblor was reported at 01:12:12 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter).

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. 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 have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: South of the Kermadec Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 179.1521° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -34.5797° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 151.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place South of the Kermadec Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-24 13:12:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-24 13:27:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 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 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 3.054 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 us2000ix4a Id of event.
Event Code 2000ix4a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ix4a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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