A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 222 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (138 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -177.3525° West, -19.0911° South, depth 462.12 km. The temblor was reported at 06:08:46 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20009n3k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009n3k. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/06/17 / 2017-06-13 18:08:46 / June 13, 2017 @ 6:08 pm UTC/GMT. 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 462.12 km (287 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 222 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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