A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, Kermadec Islands region (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 207.55 km (129 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/01/21 / 2021-01-17 14:41:23 / January 17, 2021 @ 2:41 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000d3fn. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000d3fn. The temblor was picked up at 14:41:23 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -179.1813° West, latitude -31.5102° South, depth = 207.55 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Kermadec Islands region. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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