Terremoto forte mag. 5.4 - South Pacific Ocean, 703 km a nord est da Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, Nuova Zelanda, lunedì, 23 dic. 2019 04:04

Data & ora: 23 Dec 2019 04:04:28 UTC
Magnitudine: 5.4
Prof.: 33.0 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 32.48967°S / 179.4393°W (South Pacific Ocean, Nuova Zelanda)
Antipode: 32.49°N / 0.561°E
Vulcano più vicino: Volcano W (126 km / 78 mi)
Fonte dati primaria: GEONET (NZ) (Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey, New Zealand)
Stima dell'energia sismica liberata: 7.9 x 10¹² joules (2.21 GWh, equivalent to 1898 tons of TNT o 0.1 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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Based on its magnitude, the fault that was active during the quake ruptured along a surface of approx. 25 km² (=10 sqare miles) as a first-order estimate. The length of the rupture zone thus was probably around 9 km (5 mi).
Aftershocks typically occur during the days and weeks following the quake at or near the same fault, at distances of up to approx. two times the length of the rupture zone.
The often broadly linear arrangement of aftershock epicenters encompasses the rupture zone of the main shock (check on the map below to verify).

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