A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 245 km SW of Nadi, Fiji (152 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 175.8427 East, latitude -19.4367 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 21:55:38 / January 3, 2017 @ 9:55 pm. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:55:38 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007pji. Unique identifier: us10007pji. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 245 km SW of Nadi, Fiji.
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