A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes south of the Kermadec Islands (0 miles) on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 23/06/20 / 2020-06-23 22:56:36 / June 23, 2020 @ 10:56 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -179.1198 West, latitude -33.9057 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000af28. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000af28. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:56:36 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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