A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 231 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (144 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:30:45 / 8:30 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us10002ldr. Id of event: us10002ldr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 562.41 km (349 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/06/15 / 2015-06-12 08:30:45 / June 12, 2015 @ 8:30 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.648 West, latitude -17.2911 South, depth = 562.41 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 231 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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