A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Lautoka in Fiji on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us10003090. Event ids that are associated: us10003090. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:21:03 / 6:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 18:21:03 / August 7, 2015 @ 6:21 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 177.2918° East, latitude -16.8127° South, depth = 27.83 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27.83 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lautoka, Ba (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Lautoka (c. 52 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ba (c. 14 600 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km NNW of Lautoka, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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