A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.3409 West, latitude -24.5065 South, depth = 52.82 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:25:10 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 52.82 km (33 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/07/16 / 2016-07-10 11:25:10 / July 10, 2016 @ 11:25 am. Event id: us20006eyg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006eyg.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: South of the Fiji Islands.
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