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30 km SE of Te Kuiti
Waikato, New Zealand
Magnitude
- < 3
- 3–4.9
- 5–5.9
- 6+
Distance
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Shaking
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Depth
286 km
intermediate
Aftershocks in this sequence
0
50 km · 7 d
Lat / Lon
-38.548, 175.381
UTC 05:25:31
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What it felt like where you live
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Noticed only if you are still.
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
A few people at rest feel it, especially on upper floors.
What to do now
- Stay where you are.
- You do not need to go outside.
- If it grows, drop, cover and hold on.
Did you feel it?
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Say how it feltWhat the magnitude means
Published magnitude: 5.3 ML.
Where this earthquake sits
The energy comparison needs moment magnitude (Mw).
This is local magnitude (ML), the Richter scale from amplitude on a nearby seismograph. We do not convert it to joules; that energy needs Mw.
Intensity: the epicenter and where you live
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What should I do now?
What happened
Magnitude 5.3 earthquake, 30 km SE of Te Kuiti (Waikato, New Zealand), 286 km deep. It happened 2 hours ago (…).
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What to do
- 1If it is still shaking: drop, cover and hold on.
- 2Check everyone is okay and put on shoes.
- 3Small aftershocks may follow. That's normal.
- 4Text your family instead of calling.
Aftershocks: they may occur over the next 7 days within about 50 km. Nobody can predict them.
Emergency numbers in New Zealand
Call emergency services only for a life-threatening emergency or trapped people. To tell your family, send a message.
From a mobile phone, 112 works in many countries even without credit.
The main quake and its aftershocks
Aftershocks in this sequence
0No aftershocks recorded yet. If any appear, they show up here right away.
Other quakes in the area
0No earthquakes recorded in this area in the last 7 days.
How long it took to reach you
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Why it shakes here
286 km deep. Without your location we do not estimate how it felt where you are.
Technical detail
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Intensity where you are
Atkinson & Wald (2007) intensity prediction equation, California coefficients (Table 1). D is the catalog hypocentral distance and R = √(D² + 14²). The paper’s residual is about 0.4 MMI units. It was calibrated on California reports, not Panama. Atkinson, Worden & Wald (2014) note that it can overpredict large magnitudes at short range.
At the epicenter: II
The Mercalli scale runs to XII. This page shows I–X, the range of the equation.
Published event intensity: MMI 2.6 · 2.7
This is the source value (event ShakeMap or DYFI). It describes the earthquake, not your point. Your intensity is the estimate above.
Equivalent motion
PGA ≈ 1.0 cm/s² (0.001 g)
PGV ≈ 0.0 cm/s
This is not a recording of this earthquake. It is the PGA and PGV that Worden et al. (2012) associate, at the median, with that intensity, without the optional magnitude and distance residual. Scatter is about 0.35 in log10(PGA) and 0.38 in log10(PGV).
I live in a building
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What the magnitude means
This is local magnitude (ML), the Richter scale from amplitude on a nearby seismograph. We do not convert it to joules; that energy needs Mw.
Magnitude is one number for the earthquake. Mercalli intensity changes with place: the same event is strong nearby and weak far away. Richter is not Mercalli.
A few people at rest feel it, especially on upper floors.
Shearer, P. M. (2009). Introduction to Seismology. Vp = 6,0 km/s y Vs = 3,5 km/s como velocidades constantes de corteza. Estimación, no un tiempo de viaje 3D.
Atkinson, G. M., & Wald, D. J. (2007). “Did You Feel It?” intensity and ground-motion intensity conversion equations. Seismological Research Letters, 78(3), 362–368. doi:10.1785/gssrl.78.3.362. Coeficientes de California, tabla 1.
Atkinson, G. M., Worden, C. B., & Wald, D. J. (2014). Intensity prediction equations for North America. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 104(6), 3084–3093. doi:10.1785/0120140178. AW07 puede sobrestimar magnitudes grandes a poca distancia.
Worden, C. B., Gerstenberger, M. C., Rhoades, D. A., & Wald, D. J. (2012). Probabilistic relationships between ground-motion parameters and modified Mercalli intensity in California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 102(1), 204–221. doi:10.1785/0120110156. Inversión de la mediana bilineal (ShakeMap wgrw12).
Periodo del edificio ≈ 0,1 × N segundos. Regla práctica del orden de las fórmulas de periodo de marcos (Chopra; ASCE 7). No es un análisis estructural.
Brune, J. N. (1970). Tectonic stress and the spectra of seismic shear waves from earthquakes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 75(26), 4997–5009. fc = 4,9×10^6 × β × (Δσ/M0)^(1/3), con β = 3,5 km/s, Δσ = 30 bar (3 MPa) y M0 en dyn·cm. La caída de esfuerzos es un orden de magnitud de corteza (Kanamori & Anderson, 1975), no una medición de este sismo.
Escala de intensidad de Mercalli modificada, descriptores en la línea de la ficha pública del USGS. La escala llega a XII; esta ecuación se muestra entre I y X.
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