Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - Kermadec Islands Region on Sunday, September 12, 1993 at 13:37 GMT


Light magnitude 4.1 earthquake at 384 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Magnitude: 4.1
Depth: 384.3 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 31.505°S / 179.868°E

Antipode: 31.505°N / 0.132°W
Nearest volcano: Volcano W (98 km / 61 mi)
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 8.9 x 1010 joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 tons of TNT) | 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 |
4.1 | 384 km | Kermadec Islands region | USGS |
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!