Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND 2005 July 23 08:51:49 UTC

USGS Earthquake Hazards ^ | July 23, 2005

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Magnitude 6.1 - KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
2005 July 23 08:51:49 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A strong earthquake occurred at 08:51:49 (UTC) on Saturday, July 23, 2005. The magnitude 6.1 event has been located in the KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 43 km (27 miles). (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	6.1
Date-Time	Saturday, July 23, 2005 at 08:51:49 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Saturday, July 23, 2005 at 8:51:49 PM = local time at epicenter
Location	30.020°S, 178.061°W
Depth	43.3 km (26.9 miles)
Region	KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
Distances	88 km (54 miles) SSW (192°) from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands 1026 km (638 miles) SSW (195°) from NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga 3202 km (1990 miles) WSW (239°) from PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 10 km (6.2 miles); depth +/- 17.5 km (10.9 miles)
Parameters	Nst= 96, Nph= 96, Dmin=86.2 km, Rmss=0.94 sec, Gp= 58°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usawau

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[M. Espinola]

The Pacific is rumbling - again.

[ConservativeMan55]

There was another one in Japan.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1448881/posts

[M. Espinola]

Thanks for the link. A lot of ongoing jolts? What's next, or will some other area of the globe be rocked? It's incredible.

[Mount Athos]

There are an average of 120 6.0-6.9 quakes every year, so a couple close together isn't very special at all.

[Howlin]

Are these two different big earthquakes?

[bd476]

Howlin wrote: "Are these two different big earthquakes?"

Yes, they are different quakes.

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[M. Espinola]

"There are an average of 120 6.0-6.9 quakes every year, so a couple close together isn't very special at all."

That is correct. My concerns was since the mega-9.5 of last winter, such a huge under-oceanic shift could produce interconnected jolts in other portions of the Ring of Fire.