A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, south of the Kermadec Islands (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/25 / 2025-10-15 06:51:52 / October 15, 2025 @ 6:51 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000rh8k. Event ids that are associated: us6000rh8k. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:51:52 / 6:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -178.7453 West, latitude -34.1801 South, depth = 10 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: south of the Kermadec Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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