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Strong earthquake, 6.8 mag strikes near Macquarie Island region

Posted by admin on April 29, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -54.3269S, 155.6772WA earthquake magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) strikes Macquarie Island region (0 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 155.6772° East, -54.3269° South, depth 4.513 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.513 km (3 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Macquarie Island region (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:53:35 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/04/25 / 2025-04-29 14:53:35 / April 29, 2025 @ 2:53 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000pvtr. Event ids that are associated: pt25119052, at00svhipf, us7000pvtr.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 quakes 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: Macquarie Island region.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 155.6772° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -54.3269° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.513 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Macquarie Island region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-29 14:53:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-29 15:09:28 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 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 711 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 ,pt,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 154 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.915 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us7000pvtr Id of event.
Event Code 7000pvtr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25119052,at00svhipf,us7000pvtr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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