A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 561.06 km (349 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 10:15:17 / January 2, 2017 @ 10:15 am UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:15:17 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 179.1731° East, latitude -23.3011° South, depth = 561.06 km. Event id: us10007p6z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007p6z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 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: South of the Fiji Islands.
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