A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, south of the Kermadec Islands (0 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -178.3306° West, -33.7258° South. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:44:35 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000abar. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000abar. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/06/20 / 2020-06-19 16:44:35 / June 19, 2020 @ 4:44 pm. 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.
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days seventy-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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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