A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 75 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (47 miles). Event id: us20004zi2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004zi2. The temblor was reported at 13:06:41 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -178.082° West, -20.3022° South, depth 535.32 km. Global time and date of event 08/02/16 / 2016-02-08 01:06:41 / February 8, 2016 @ 1:06 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 535.32 km (333 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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