A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 230 km S of Ndoi Island, Fiji (143 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/03/16 / 2016-03-12 00:47:35 / March 12, 2016 @ 12:47 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 531.23 km (330 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005a7h. Id of event: us20005a7h. Exact location of event, depth 531.23 km, -179.0329° West, -22.7075° South. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:47:35 / 12:47 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty 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. 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: 230 km S of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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