Major earthquake, 7 mag was detected near Macquarie Island region

A major earthquake magnitude 7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, Macquarie Island region (0 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Macquarie Island region (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 28/07/25 / 2025-07-28 22:10:32 / July 28, 2025 @ 10:10 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:10:32 / 10:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 157.164° East, -57.813° South. Event id: pt25209001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25209001.

There are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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	7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	157.164° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-57.813° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 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	2025-07-28 22:10:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-28 22:22:23	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	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	754	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	111.599991072	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt25209001	Id of event.
Event Code	25209001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt25209001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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