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Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake – South Pacific Ocean, Tonga, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at 04:05 am (GMT +13)

Published: 5 May 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap May 6, 01:51 am (GMT +12)

3.6

197 km1578 km (980 mi) to the S South Pacific Ocean, 75 km northeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand  I FELT IT

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May 6, 12:34 am (GMT +12)

2.8

166 km1661 km (1032 mi) to the S 32 km north of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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May 5, 10:12 pm (GMT +12)

2.6

12 km1584 km (984 mi) to the S South Pacific Ocean, 62 km north of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand  I FELT IT

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May 5, 09:00 pm (GMT +12)

2.6

59 km1687 km (1048 mi) to the S South Pacific Ocean, 87 km southeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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May 5, 04:59 pm (GMT +12)

2.1

4.4 km1698 km (1055 mi) to the S 21 km southeast of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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May 5, 02:15 pm (GMT +12)

2.2

4.1 km1699 km (1056 mi) to the S 20 km southeast of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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Dec 2, 2022 06:07 pm (Auckland)

5.4

157 km1721 km (1070 mi) to the S 31 km southwest of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 38 reportsInfoMar 23, 2021 07:15 am (Auckland)

5.3

133 km1650 km (1025 mi) to the S 53 km southeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 9 reportsInfoMar 5, 2021 01:27 am (GMT +12)

7.1

90 km1515 km (942 mi) to the S South Pacific Ocean, 192 km northeast of Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand 1267 reportsInfoNov 23, 2019 04:34 pm (Universal Time)

5.8

98 km1583 km (984 mi) to the SSouth Pacific Ocean, 178 km east of Waiheke Island,

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The 10 most powerful earthquakes in the world since 1900

Published: 5 May 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Specialized sponge recycles minerals from stormwater for reuse in agriculture and other industries

Published: 5 May 2025
Categories: National Science Foundation

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Funded by multiple grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation, researchers created a functional sponge that can soak up certain pollutants from water and then release them on demand, presenting a reusable and low-cost solution for cleaning storm runoff while simultaneously recovering valuable metals like zinc and copper, as well as phosphate.

Using surface iron oxide nanoparticles specialized for capturing specific contaminants, the sponge collects the minerals and then discharges them only when triggered by changes in pH, and it can be used multiple times. The findings were achieved by researchers at Northwestern University and published in the American Chemical Society’s journal Environmental Science and Technology Water.

“The technology can be used as a universal sorbent or ‘catch-all,’ or it can be tailored to certain groups of contaminants like metals, plastics or nutrients,” says Vinayak Dravid, a research author and Northwestern professor of materials science and engineering. In previous iterations, the sponge material has successfully pulled lead, microplastics and oil from water.

Industrial manufacturing and agriculture, in particular, experience mineral and fertilizer loss due to runoff, leaving valuable nonrenewable resources as pollutants in bodies of water. Those resources include heavy metals like zinc and copper and also phosphate.

Credit: Kelly Matuszewski, Northwestern University

Illustration showing how the sponge nanocomposite material recovers phosphate and metals from

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Small magnitude 2.5 quake hits 24 miles east of Melbourne, Australia after midnight

Published: 5 May 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Mon, 5 May 2025, 14:43 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

An earthquake of magnitude 2.5 occurred only 12 minutes ago 24 miles east of Melbourne, Australia, Geoscience Australia (GeoAu) reported.
The quake hit at a very shallow depth of 4.2 miles beneath the epicenter near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, after midnight on Tuesday, May 6th, 2025, at 12:30 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 2.6 earthquake.
According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people and did not cause any damage. In Healesville (pop. 7,400, 12 miles away), Glen Waverly (pop. 42,600, 14 miles away), Burwood (pop. 14,900, 16 miles away), Balwyn North (pop. 20,000, 17 miles away), Caulfield South (pop. 11,600, 21 miles away), Melbourne (pop. 4,917,800, 24 miles away), Fawkner (pop. 14,300, 24 miles away), Frankston East (pop. 34,500, 27 miles away), and St Albans (pop. 37,600, 33 miles away), the quake was probably not felt.

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