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Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, on Friday, 8 January 2021 at 00:28 (GMT) - information
Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 74 km southwest of Sunday Island, New Zealand, on Friday, Jan 8, 2021 1:28 pm (GMT +13)
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Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 221 km depth
8 Jan 00:39 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 10 minutes.
8 Jan 00:44: Magnitude recalculated from 5.7 to 6.1. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 200.0 to 188.0 km (from 124 to 117 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 24 km (15 mi) towards NW.
8 Jan 01:59: Now using data updates from GEONET (NZ)
8 Jan 00:44: Magnitude recalculated from 5.7 to 6.1. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 200.0 to 188.0 km (from 124 to 117 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 24 km (15 mi) towards NW.
8 Jan 01:59: Now using data updates from GEONET (NZ)
Local time at epicenter: Friday, Jan 8, 2021 1:28 pm (GMT +13)
Magnitude: 6
Depth: 220.8 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 29.74681°S / 178.46239°W
(South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand)Antipode: 29.747°N / 1.538°E
Nearest volcano: Raoul Island (57 km / 35 mi)
Primary data source: GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand)
Estimated released energy: 6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.0 | 221 km | KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND | GEONET (NZ) |
| 6.2 | 231 km | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | GFZ |
| 6.2 | 166 km | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | BMKG |
| 6.1 | 151 km | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand [Sea: New Zealand] | INGV |
| 6.2 | 222 km | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | GeoAu |
| 6.3 | 224 km | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | USGS |
| 6.3 | 182 km | New Zealand | EMSC |
User reports for this quake (1)
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (9 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Jun 20, 2021 18:43 30 weeks ago | 4.5 10 km | South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand | More |
| Jun 19, 2021 03:29 30 weeks ago | 4.9 33 km | South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand | More |
| Apr 6, 2021 12:40 41 weeks ago | 4.8 10 km | South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand | More |
| Apr 6, 2021 12:40 41 weeks ago | 4.8 10 km | South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand | More |
| Mar 15, 2021 02:47 44 weeks ago | 4.9 10 km | South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand | More |
| Mar 12, 2021 09:30 45 weeks ago | 4.8 91 km | South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand | More |
| Mar 8, 2021 03:20 45 weeks ago | 4.9 27 km | South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand | More |
| Mar 5, 2021 05:05 46 weeks ago | 3.6 376 km | South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand | More |
| Mar 4, 2021 20:25 46 weeks ago | 5.5 72 km | South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand | More |
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