A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 288 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (179 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 12:15:07 / June 22, 2016 @ 12:15 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:15:07 / 12:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 640.53 km (398 miles). Unique identifier: us200067ia. Ids that are associated to the event: us200067ia. Exact location, longitude -177.6249° West, latitude -18.2479° South, depth = 640.53 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen 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.
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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: 288 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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