A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 119 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (74 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/16 / 2016-11-30 23:38:02 / November 30, 2016 @ 11:38 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 504.02 km (313 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.628 West, latitude -20.2713 South, depth = 504.02 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:38:02 / 11:38 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10007dww. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007dww.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 119 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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