A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 210 km SW of Nadi, Fiji (130 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:41:32 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007udn. Id of event: us10007udn. Exact location, longitude 176.1079° East, latitude -19.2311° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 23:41:32 / January 3, 2017 @ 11:41 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 210 km SW of Nadi, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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