Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, on 14 Oct 7:00 pm (GMT -12) -

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, on 14 Oct 7:00 pm (GMT -12)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 33 km depth

15 Oct 07:09 UTC: Premier à signaler: GEONET (NZ) après 9 minutes.
Date & time: 15 Oct 2020 07:00:09 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 14 Oct 7:00 pm (GMT -12)
Magnitude: 5
Profondeur: 33.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 31.20055°S / 176.2928°W (South Pacific Ocean, Nouvelle-Zélande)
Volcan le plus près: Curtis Island (229 km / 142 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
1377 km NE de Wellington (pop: 381,900) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
266 km SE de Napier Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
266 km SE de Sunday Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 18°C (64 F), humidity: 80%, wind: 9 m/s (18 kts) from NNE
Primary data source: GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 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.
MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 5.033 km- Kermadec Islands regionGEONET (NZ)
M 5.210 kmKermadec Islands Region, New ZealandGeoAu
M 5.110 kmKermadec Islands Region, New ZealandUSGS
M 5.110 kmKermadec Islands Region, New ZealandEMSC
M 5.210 kmKermadec Islands Region, New ZealandGeoAu

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