A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 547.27 km (340 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003h2i. Unique identifier: us20003h2i. Global time and date of event 07/09/15 / 2015-09-07 08:46:09 / September 7, 2015 @ 8:46 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 179.1347° East, latitude -24.1999° South, depth = 547.27 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:46:09 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: South of the Fiji Islands.
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