A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, Kermadec Islands region (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/24 / 2024-09-28 09:48:55 / September 28, 2024 @ 9:48 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p01l. Id of event: us6000p01l. Exact location, longitude -177.0414° West, latitude -28.4512° South, depth = 63.78 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.78 km (40 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:48:55 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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