A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 291 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (181 miles) on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006535. Unique identifier: us20006535. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:51:11 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.9526 West, latitude -18.1186 South, depth = 531.39 km. Global time and date of event 12/06/16 / 2016-06-12 16:51:11 / June 12, 2016 @ 4:51 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 531.39 km (330 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 291 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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