A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 258 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (160 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/02/16 / 2016-02-04 17:04:01 / February 4, 2016 @ 5:04 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -179.627° West, -22.821° South, depth 537.35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20004yze. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004yze. The temblor was detected at 05:04:01 / 5:04 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 537.35 km (334 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 258 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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