A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 282 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (175 miles) on Tuesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:44:38 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 629.63 km (391 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 23:44:38 / January 3, 2017 @ 11:44 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007udt. Unique identifier: us10007udt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -177.6263 West, latitude -18.3137 South, depth = 629.63 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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