A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 120 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (75 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 572.43 km (356 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/05/17 / 2017-05-21 23:39:24 / May 21, 2017 @ 11:39 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:39:24 / 11:39 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10008vi1. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008vi1. Exact location of event, depth 572.43 km, -177.7766° West, -19.9922° South.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 120 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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