A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 245 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (152 miles). Unique identifier: us100095jj. Ids that are associated to the event: us100095jj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/06/17 / 2017-06-25 11:23:42 / June 25, 2017 @ 11:23 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:23:42 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 512.67 km (319 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 512.67 km, -178.0057° West, -18.5315° South.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four 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 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 245 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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