A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -179.8754 West, latitude -23.8084 South, depth = 505.33 km. 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 505.33 km (314 miles). Global time and date of event 28/07/16 / 2016-07-28 09:10:33 / July 28, 2016 @ 9:10 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 21:10:33 / 9:10 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us100069i7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100069i7.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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