A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 179.9958 East, latitude -23.5663 South, depth = 542.32 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003501. Unique identifier: us10003501. The temblor was reported at 14:18:39 / 2:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/08/15 / 2015-08-09 02:18:39 / August 9, 2015 @ 2:18 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 542.32 km (337 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: South of the Fiji Islands.
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