A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, South of the Kermadec Islands (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 53.89 km (33 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/05/16 / 2016-05-29 11:34:31 / May 29, 2016 @ 11:34 am. Unique identifier: us2000601s. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000601s. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:34:31 / 11:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -178.2722 West, latitude -34.1806 South, depth = 53.89 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: South of the Kermadec Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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