A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 208 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (129 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -177.4776° West, -19.1611° South, depth 543.18 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/10/15 / 2015-10-12 00:18:42 / October 12, 2015 @ 12:18 am. The temblor was reported at 12:18:42 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003pwg. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003pwg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 543.18 km (338 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 208 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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