A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 292 km SW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (181 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:41:52 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/16 / 2016-04-23 12:41:52 / April 23, 2016 @ 12:41 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 568.06 km (353 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005dee. Unique identifier: us10005dee. Exact location of earthquake, 179.386° East, -22.5873° South, depth 568.06 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 292 km SW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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