A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 30 km SE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (19 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 575.83 km (358 miles). Exact location, longitude -178.4874° West, latitude -20.8417° South, depth = 575.83 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:28:40 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007e5h. Id of event: us10007e5h. 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: 01/12/16 / 2016-12-01 23:28:40 / December 1, 2016 @ 11:28 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 30 km SE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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