A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 103 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (64 miles) on Monday. Global time and date of event 06/09/16 / 2016-09-06 11:04:18 / September 6, 2016 @ 11:04 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:04:18 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 567.61 km (353 miles). Id of earthquake: us10006mdf. Event ids that are associated: us10006mdf. Exact location of event, longitude -177.9736 West, latitude -20.0108 South, depth = 567.61 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 103 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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