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Moderate earthquake: M5.5 quake has struck near Kermadec Islands region

Posted by admin on October 30, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -27.3503S, -178.4402WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, Kermadec Islands region (0 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 313.108 km (195 miles). Exact location of event, depth 313.108 km, -178.4402° West, -27.3503° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/10/25 / 2025-10-30 08:52:06 / October 30, 2025 @ 8:52 am. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:52:06 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rkc0. Event ids that are associated: us6000rkc0. 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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: Kermadec Islands region.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.4402° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -27.3503° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 313.108 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 2025-10-30 08:52:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-30 09:09:34 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 465 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 10.093 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us6000rkc0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rkc0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rkc0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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