A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 151 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (94 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.4359 West, latitude -19.9711 South, depth = 530.33 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002xwz. Unique identifier: us10002xwz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 530.33 km (330 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/15 / 2015-07-15 15:00:50 / July 15, 2015 @ 3:00 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 03:00:50 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 151 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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