A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported south of the Kermadec Islands (0 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/06/20 / 2020-06-24 04:54:41 / June 24, 2020 @ 4:54 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000afq6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000afq6. Exact location of event, longitude -178.784 West, latitude -33.7401 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 04:54:41 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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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