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Strong mag. 5.6 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean on Friday, Jun 10, 2022 at 11:07 am (GMT -12) -

Strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake at 10 km depth

10 Jun 23:10 UTC: First to report: GEONET (NZ) after 3 minutes.
10 Jun 23:14: Magnitude recalculated from 6.3 to 6.1. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 33.0 to 80.6 km (from 21 to 50 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 4 km (2.5 mi) towards S.
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11 Jun 00:04: Epicenter location corrected by 8.5 km (5.3 mi) towards NE.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jun 10, 2022 23:07:22 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Jun 10, 2022 at 11:07 am (GMT -12)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5.6
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	35.0822°S / 179.6133°W
Antipode	35.082°N / 0.387°E
Shaking intensity	Strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Brothers (122 km / 76 mi)
Nearby towns and cities
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 17.8°C (64 F), humidity: 81%, wind: 11 m/s (21 kts) from NW
Estimated seismic energy released	1.6 x 10¹³ joules (4.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3788 tons of TNT or 0.2 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
5.6	10 km	East of the North Island of New Zealand	USGS
5.5	10 km	East of North Island, N.Z.	GFZ
5.6	10 km	EAST OF NORTH ISLAND, N.Z.	EMSC
5.6	10 km	East of North Island, N.Z.	RaspberryShake
5.7	10 km	Near Auckland	RENASS
6.2	33 km	New Zealand	GEONET (NZ)
5.5	8.3 km	East of North Island, N.Z.	GeoAu

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Christchurch, Canterbury (1148.7 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

Napier City, Hawke's Bay (586.6 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

woodside, otago / not felt : not felt (reported through our app)

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (6 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Aug 5, 2022 20:00 44 weeks ago	4.0 33 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Aug 5, 2022 15:01 44 weeks ago	4.2 33 km	362 km NE of Hicks Bay, Gisborne District, New Zealand	More
Jul 26, 2022 13:11 45 weeks ago	4.1 201 km	475 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand	More
Jul 22, 2022 07:04 46 weeks ago	4.0 100 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Jun 29, 2022 06:12 49 weeks ago	3.9 100 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Jun 18, 2022 08:36 51 weeks ago	3.6 100 km	South Pacific Ocean	More

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