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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, Kermadec Islands region


Earthquake location -31.8713S, -178.5203WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported Kermadec Islands region (0 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:44:52 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.5203 West, latitude -31.8713 South, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us7000c9rb. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000c9rb. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/10/20 / 2020-10-28 03:44:52 / October 28, 2020 @ 3:44 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Kermadec Islands region. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.5203° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -31.8713° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Kermadec Islands region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-28 03:44:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-23 01:53:07 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.309 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 201 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 us7000c9rb Id of event.
Event Code 7000c9rb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000c9rb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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