A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 274 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji (170 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:11:58 / 11:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/15 / 2015-12-11 11:11:58 / December 11, 2015 @ 11:11 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 580.81 km (361 miles). Event id: us20004gdg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004gdg. Exact location, longitude -178.5208° West, latitude -17.8628° South, depth = 580.81 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 274 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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