A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 42 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji (26 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 545.72 km (339 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 545.72 km, -178.2898° West, -20.6257° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007thl. Unique identifier: us10007thl. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:14:30 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 15:14:30 / December 28, 2016 @ 3:14 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 42 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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