A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 146 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (91 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:54:09 / 5:54 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10005bpb. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005bpb. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/04/16 / 2016-04-17 05:54:09 / April 17, 2016 @ 5:54 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -177.3695° West, -20.2273° South, depth 523.56 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 523.56 km (325 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-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. 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. 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: 146 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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