Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - 353 km east of Auckland, New Zealand, on Sunday, 23 August 2020 at 09:26 (GMT) -

Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - 353 km east of Auckland, New Zealand, on Sunday, 23 August 2020 at 09:26 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 172 km depth

23 Aug 09:29 UTC: First to report: GEONET (NZ) after 3 minutes.
Aug 23 09:30: Magnitude recalculated from 5.0 to 5.1.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 223.0 to 169.2 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 169.2 to 171.5 km.
Date & time: 23 Aug 2020 09:26:09 UTC -
Magnitude: 5.1
Depth: 171.5 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 35.66801°S / 178.41701°E (New Zealand)
Nearest volcano: Rumble III (11 km / 7 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
240 km (149 mi) NNE of Te Kaha (pop: 403) --> See nearby quakes!
285 km (177 mi) NNE of Whakatane (pop: 18,600) --> See nearby quakes!
301 km (187 mi) NE of Tauranga (pop: 110,300) --> See nearby quakes!
349 km (217 mi) ENE of Manukau (pop: 362,000) --> See nearby quakes!
352 km (219 mi) ENE of North Shore (pop: 207,900) --> See nearby quakes!
353 km (219 mi) ENE of Auckland (pop: 417,900) --> See nearby quakes!
365 km (226 mi) ENE of Waitakere (pop: 208,100) --> See nearby quakes!
365 km (227 mi) NE of Hamilton (pop: 152,600) --> See nearby quakes!
370 km (230 mi) E of Whangarei (pop: 50,900) --> See nearby quakes!
701 km (435 mi) NNE of Wellington (pop: 381,900) --> See nearby quakes!
428 km (266 mi) NNE of North Island (pop: 3,749,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand)
Estimated released energy: 2.8 x 1012 joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT) More info
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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.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
5.1172 km285 km NNE of Whakatane, New ZealandGEONET (NZ)
4.62 kmOff E. Coast Of N. Island, N.z. (New Zealand)EMSC
4.6191 km268 Km ENE of Tairua, New ZealandUSGS
4.6206 kmOff E. Coast of N. Island, N.Z. (New Zealand)GFZ

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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (5 quakes):
  • 02 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
    | M 3.4 |
    190.1 km (118.1 mi) depth
    |
    12 km (7 mi) distance
    | GEONET (NZ) | Details
  • 30 Sep 2020 17:54 UTC
    | M 3.3 |
    231.9 km (144.1 mi) depth
    |
    8 km (5 mi) distance
    | GEONET (NZ) | Details
  • 08 Sep 2020 00:11 UTC
    | M 3.2 |
    220.5 km (137 mi) depth
    |
    16 km (10 mi) distance
    | GEONET (NZ) | Details
  • 27 Aug 2020 10:34 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    205.9 km (127.9 mi) depth
    |
    14 km (9 mi) distance
    | GEONET (NZ) | Details
  • 26 Aug 2020 11:52 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    190.6 km (118.4 mi) depth
    |
    17 km (11 mi) distance
    | GEONET (NZ) | Details

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