A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 78 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (48 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 561.66 km (349 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/11/16 / 2016-11-10 20:06:50 / November 10, 2016 @ 8:06 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -178.0002 West, latitude -20.3827 South, depth = 561.66 km. Unique identifier: us100078tn. Ids that are associated to the event: us100078tn. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:06:50 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 78 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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