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Very strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, on Wednesday, Mar 2, 2022 at 12:52 am (GMT -12) -

Very strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 33 km depth

2 Mar 12:57 UTC: First to report: GEONET (NZ) after 5 minutes.
2 Mar 13:01: Magnitude recalculated from 6.4 to 6.2. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 84.0 to 5.0 km (from 52 to 3.1 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 281 km (174 mi) towards WSW.
2 Mar 13:29: Magnitude recalculated from 6.2 to 6.3. Epicenter location corrected by 27 km (17 mi) towards WNW.
2 Mar 13:32: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.0 to 33.0 km (from 3.1 to 21 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 3.8 km (2.4 mi) towards NE.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 2, 2022 12:52:06 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Mar 2, 2022 at 12:52 am (GMT -12)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6.3
Depth	33.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	30.39009°S / 177.16054°W (South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand)
Antipode	30.39°N / 2.839°E
Shaking intensity	Strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand)
Nearest volcano	Macauley (128 km / 80 mi)
Nearby towns and cities
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 22.3°C (72 F), humidity: 64%, wind: 8 m/s (15 kts) from ESE
Estimated seismic energy released	1.8 x 10¹⁴ joules (49.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 42502 tons of TNT or 2.7 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.3	33 km	New Zealand	GEONET (NZ)
6.3	10 km	New Zealand: Near Auckland	RENASS
6.6	40 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand	GFZ
6.6	40 km	KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND	EMSC
6.6	36 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand	RaspberryShake
6.6	15 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand	GeoAu
6.6	36 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand	USGS
6.6	92 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand [Sea: New Zealand]	INGV

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tucson, Arizona (TUC/IU network) | Distance from quake: 9869 km / 6132 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tucson, Arizona: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-2.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Mangaia, Cook Islands / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : Sudden awaking due to strange feeling in the atmosphere | One user found this interesting.

Ba, fiji Islands / not felt

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (43 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Aug 28, 2022 04:04 29 weeks ago	5.1 12 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Aug 16, 2022 18:50 31 weeks ago	4.3 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Aug 13, 2022 06:22 31 weeks ago	5.0 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Aug 12, 2022 14:40 32 weeks ago	5.2 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Aug 11, 2022 23:39 32 weeks ago	5.0 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Aug 11, 2022 18:46 32 weeks ago	5.0 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Aug 6, 2022 16:38 32 weeks ago	5.4 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Aug 5, 2022 04:38 33 weeks ago	5.9 29 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Aug 3, 2022 13:03 33 weeks ago	4.4 300 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Jul 7, 2022 17:06 37 weeks ago	4.6 10 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Jul 3, 2022 06:25 37 weeks ago	4.5 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Jun 14, 2022 15:44 40 weeks ago	4.7 16 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Jun 8, 2022 20:53 41 weeks ago	5.1 100 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
May 26, 2022 08:15 43 weeks ago	4.5 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
May 23, 2022 14:12 43 weeks ago	4.6 10 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
May 23, 2022 06:59 43 weeks ago	4.5 10 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
May 23, 2022 06:55 43 weeks ago	4.8 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
May 23, 2022 06:51 43 weeks ago	4.5 10 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
May 20, 2022 06:57 44 weeks ago	5.1 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
May 12, 2022 12:23 45 weeks ago	4.6 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
May 11, 2022 17:43 45 weeks ago	5.0 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
May 8, 2022 23:56 45 weeks ago	5.2 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
May 6, 2022 09:08 46 weeks ago	4.6 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
May 2, 2022 12:34 46 weeks ago	5.3 211 km	South Pacific Ocean, 954 km NE of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	More
Apr 26, 2022 18:41 47 weeks ago	4.9 307 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Apr 22, 2022 06:15 48 weeks ago	5.6 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Apr 14, 2022 16:20 49 weeks ago	4.7 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Apr 11, 2022 00:43 49 weeks ago	4.9 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Apr 9, 2022 20:05 49 weeks ago	4.8 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Apr 2, 2022 15:45 50 weeks ago	4.8 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Mar 29, 2022 02:18 51 weeks ago	4.6 12 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Mar 28, 2022 22:21 51 weeks ago	5.2 12 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Mar 27, 2022 05:22 51 weeks ago	4.7 227 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Mar 22, 2022 18:36 52 weeks ago	4.9 300 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Mar 22, 2022 01:47 52 weeks ago	4.6 35 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Mar 14, 2022 15:00 1 year 1 weeks ago	4.8 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Mar 8, 2022 19:08 1 year 2 weeks ago	4.8 10 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Mar 7, 2022 22:13 1 year 2 weeks ago	4.9 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Mar 3, 2022 20:15 1 year 3 weeks ago	4.6 46 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Mar 3, 2022 13:29 1 year 3 weeks ago	5.2 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Mar 3, 2022 12:08 1 year 3 weeks ago	4.9 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Mar 2, 2022 18:05 1 year 3 weeks ago	4.9 100 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More
Mar 2, 2022 15:02 1 year 3 weeks ago	5.2 33 km	South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand	More

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