A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 245 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (152 miles). Global time and date of event 16/04/17 / 2017-04-16 05:38:08 / April 16, 2017 @ 5:38 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 569.77 km (354 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:38:08 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008jjv. Unique identifier: us10008jjv. Exact location, longitude -178.6147° West, latitude -17.5144° South, depth = 569.77 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 245 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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