A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 210 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (130 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/04/16 / 2016-04-23 00:58:50 / April 23, 2016 @ 12:58 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 556.86 km (346 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -178.8547 West, latitude -17.271 South, depth = 556.86 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:58:50 / 12:58 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005ddy. Unique identifier: us10005ddy.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 210 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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