A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 148 kilometers (92 miles) from Suva in Fiji. Event id: us20007f32. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007f32. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 562.22 km (349 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:54:26 / 1:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 562.22 km, 179.81° East, -17.8611° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/10/16 / 2016-10-11 13:54:26 / October 11, 2016 @ 1:54 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Levuka (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levuka (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 148 km ENE of Suva, Fiji.
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