A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 198 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji (123 miles). Exact location, longitude -179.2353° West, latitude -17.6273° South, depth = 551.05 km. Event id: us20004076. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004076. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:36:41 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/10/15 / 2015-10-23 14:36:41 / October 23, 2015 @ 2:36 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 551.05 km (342 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 198 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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