A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 293 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (182 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 608.53 km (378 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.7689 West, latitude -18.1503 South, depth = 608.53 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/10/16 / 2016-10-30 08:31:03 / October 30, 2016 @ 8:31 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000731u. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000731u. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:31:03 / 8:31 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 293 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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