A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). Global time and date of event 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 00:33:43 / July 26, 2016 @ 12:33 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -179.8334 West, latitude -23.9728 South, depth = 540.42 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:33:43 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 540.42 km (336 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us100068ft. Unique identifier: us100068ft.
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 six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-four 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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