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M6.5 earthquake, Kermadec Islands, 2021-03-04

MagnitudeM6.5mwb

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Depth24 km

Time (UTC)2021-03-04 23:12

Rank in 202140 / 157among M6+

Rank since 19004685 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×6approx.

Kermadec Islands region · -28.52, -176.68

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.5 2021-03-04	2021-03-04 23:34	10 km	Kermadec Islands region
M5.5 2021-03-05	2021-03-05 00:19	10 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M5.9 2021-03-05	2021-03-05 00:28	10 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.3 2021-03-05	2021-03-05 02:30	17 km	Kermadec Islands region
M5.6 2021-03-05	2021-03-05 03:21	10 km	Kermadec Islands region
M5.6 2021-03-05	2021-03-05 03:33	10 km	Kermadec Islands region
M5.7 2021-03-05	2021-03-05 03:41	10 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.2 2021-03-05	2021-03-05 14:24	14 km	Kermadec Islands region
M5.5 2021-03-05	2021-03-05 18:57	16 km	Kermadec Islands region
M5.6 2021-03-06	2021-03-06 07:16	10 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.1 2021-03-06	2021-03-06 07:16	10 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.1 2021-03-06	2021-03-06 13:12	10 km	Kermadec Islands region
M5.5 2021-03-06	2021-03-06 17:32	19 km	Kermadec Islands region
M5.5 2021-03-07	2021-03-07 01:55	8 km	Kermadec Islands region
M5.6 2021-03-07	2021-03-07 04:10	11 km	Kermadec Islands region
M5.9 2021-03-13	2021-03-13 21:21	14 km	Kermadec Islands region

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

1917 M8.2M8.2

2021 M8.1M8.1

1976 M8.0M8.0

2007 M7.8M7.8

1986 M7.7M7.7

2011 M7.6M7.6

1955 M7.5M7.5

1917 M7.5M7.5

2011 M7.4M7.4

2021 M7.4M7.4

1959 M7.3M7.3

1968 M7.3M7.3

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.1 2021-03-04	2021-03-04 20:25	10 km	Kermadec Islands region
M8.1 2021-03-04	2021-03-04 19:28	29 km	2021 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Earthquake
M7.4 2021-03-04	2021-03-04 17:41	43 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.3 2021-01-08	2021-01-08 00:28	224 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.2 2021-01-06	2021-01-06 06:20	38 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.0 2020-04-14	2020-04-14 01:06	31 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.4 2020-03-14	2020-03-14 10:01	11 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.1 2019-09-27	2019-09-27 12:05	34 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.2 2019-06-21	2019-06-21 08:37	14 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.4 2019-06-19	2019-06-19 07:01	30 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.