A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 30 km S of Ndoi Island, Fiji (19 miles). Global time and date of event 13/06/16 / 2016-06-13 04:00:49 / June 13, 2016 @ 4:00 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 16:00:49 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -178.6964 West, latitude -20.9281 South, depth = 598.43 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000641a. Unique identifier: us2000641a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 598.43 km (372 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 30 km S of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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