A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, Kermadec Islands region (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 12:26:03 / September 18, 2024 @ 12:26 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntb0. Unique identifier: us6000ntb0. Exact location, longitude -176.8595° West, latitude -27.1703° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:26:03 / 12:26 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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