A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 192 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (119 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -177.5132° West, -19.326° South, depth 350.36 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/08/16 / 2016-08-29 17:01:03 / August 29, 2016 @ 5:01 pm. The temblor was picked up at 05:01:03 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20006v2m. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006v2m. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 350.36 km (218 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-eight 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. 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: 192 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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