M5.0 Earthquake Recorded Near Kermadec Islands Region

Updated: GEOFON GFZ downgraded this solution from M5.2 to M5.0. GEOFON GFZ reports M5.0 near Kermadec Islands Region, with a 565.8 km catalog depth.

Published 2026-09-07T04:08:26.444Z · Updated 2026-09-07T05:46:27.096Z

Update: the reporting agency changed this event's magnitude from M5.2 to M5.0. The current value is shown throughout this brief; the earlier value is retained here as revision history.

The event began at Mon, 07 Sep 2026 02:06:46 GMT. GEOFON GFZ reports magnitude 5.0, 565.8 km catalog depth, and coordinates -31.077, 178.791.

The catalog location label is Kermadec Islands Region; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is a deep event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 2.37e+12 joules, or about 567 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.

The current catalog entry does not include a public felt-report count. No separate intensity or catalog-significance detail is available from this provider record. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.

GEOFON GFZ has not supplied a review status in the normalized record. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.

The provider record does not carry a tsunami flag at publication time. Magnitude, depth, and location can change as monitoring networks add observations and review the solution.