A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, Kermadec Islands region (0 miles). Exact location, longitude -175.9962° West, latitude -27.3736° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 11/07/20 / 2020-07-11 12:01:38 / July 11, 2020 @ 12:01 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000alxg. Id of event: us7000alxg. The temblor was reported at 12:01:38 / 12:01 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: Kermadec Islands region.
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