A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 15 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (9 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/05/16 / 2016-05-23 04:53:23 / May 23, 2016 @ 4:53 am. The temblor was picked up at 16:53:23 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter). 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 621.39 km (386 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.7699 West, latitude -20.7785 South, depth = 621.39 km. Unique identifier: us20005ykm. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005ykm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days ninety-one 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
Did you feel the quake?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply