A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes south of the Kermadec Islands (0 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 16:16:47 / 4:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.6417 West, latitude -33.7777 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000ajxs. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ajxs. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/20 / 2020-07-01 16:16:47 / July 1, 2020 @ 4:16 pm. 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 one, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days seventy-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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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