A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 104 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (65 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/16 / 2016-09-24 22:04:48 / September 24, 2016 @ 10:04 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 611.19 km (380 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006v06. Unique identifier: us10006v06. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:04:48 / 10:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -178.0464 West, latitude -19.9308 South, depth = 611.19 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 104 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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