M5.2 Earthquake Recorded Near Kermadec Islands Region

GEOFON GFZ reports M5.2 near Kermadec Islands Region, with a 563.3 km catalog depth.

Published 2026-09-07T03:00:26.052Z

The event began at Mon, 07 Sep 2026 02:11:50 GMT. GEOFON GFZ reports magnitude 5.2, 563.3 km catalog depth, and coordinates -31.126, 178.699.

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 4.57e+12 joules, or about 1,092 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.