A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 37 km SSE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (23 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -178.5821° West, latitude -20.9695° South, depth = 577.21 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 14:21:16 / August 5, 2015 @ 2:21 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002y3x. Unique identifier: us10002y3x. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 577.21 km (359 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:21:16 / 2:21 am (local time epicenter).
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km SSE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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