A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 287 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji (178 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -178.4563 West, latitude -17.9838 South, depth = 579.6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 579.6 km (360 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200063rj. Id of event: us200063rj. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/06/16 / 2016-06-11 02:43:34 / June 11, 2016 @ 2:43 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:43:34 / 2:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 287 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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