A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (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). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -178.1816° West, -33.407° South. Event id: us7000ad60. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ad60. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:29:05 / 6:29 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/06/20 / 2020-06-27 18:29:05 / June 27, 2020 @ 6:29 pm UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: south of the Kermadec Islands.
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