SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS-697 km NNE of Hicks Bay, New Zealand-5.9-5.2

 

Magnitude	5.9
Region	SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS
Date time	2026-04-18 10:47:54.9 UTC
Location	-32.088 ; -178.063
Depth	10 km
Distance	815 km NNE of Tauranga, New Zealand / pop: 110,000 / local time: 22:47:54.9 2026-04-18 697 km NNE of Hicks Bay, New Zealand / pop: 1,300 / local time: 22:47:54.9 2026-04-18

Source parameters provided by:

National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)

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I felt this earthquake

All data providers for this event:

British Geological Survey -- Edinburgh, United Kingdom (BGS)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Geonet, GNS science -- Lower Hutt, New Zealand (GNS)
Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia -- Rome, Italy (INGV) -- DOI: https://terremoti.ingv.it/en/iside
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute -- Istanbul, Türkiye (KOERI)
Malaysian Meteorological Department -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (MET)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
EMSC -- Arpajon, France (SC4)

Further information can be found at:

GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)

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Magnitude	5.2
Region	SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS
Date time	2026-04-18 12:16:26.1 UTC
Location	-32.044 ; -177.907
Depth	10 km
Distance	828 km NNE of Tauranga, New Zealand / pop: 110,000 / local time: 00:16:26.1 2026-04-19 708 km NNE of Hicks Bay, New Zealand / pop: 1,300 / local time: 00:16:26.1 2026-04-19

Source parameters provided by:

National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)

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I felt this earthquake

All data providers for this event:

GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Geonet, GNS science -- Lower Hutt, New Zealand (GNS)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
EMSC -- Arpajon, France (SC4)

Further information can be found at:

GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)