A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Thursday. Global time and date of event 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 02:46:47 / August 7, 2015 @ 2:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -179.7999 West, latitude -23.4518 South, depth = 540.84 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 540.84 km (336 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 14:46:47 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034pf. Id of event: us100034pf.
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 thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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