A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 176 km SW of Nadi, Fiji (109 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 176.0961° East, -18.7825° South. Id of earthquake: us10007r5m. Event ids that are associated: us10007r5m. The temblor was reported at 08:03:53 / 8:03 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/01/17 / 2017-01-04 20:03:53 / January 4, 2017 @ 8:03 pm UTC/GMT. 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 176 km SW of Nadi, Fiji.
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