A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, west of Macquarie Island (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 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:52:08 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 148.0072 East, latitude -56.0661 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000pz03. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pz03. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/04/25 / 2025-04-27 08:52:08 / April 27, 2025 @ 8:52 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: west of Macquarie Island.

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