A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 280 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (174 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 652.8 km (406 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -178.3799° West, -17.7566° South, depth 652.8 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008n39. Unique identifier: us10008n39. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:45:51 / 5:45 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/17 / 2017-04-18 17:45:51 / April 18, 2017 @ 5:45 pm.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 280 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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