A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). Unique identifier: us20009y31. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009y31. The epicenter was at a depth of 552.93 km (344 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:20:36 / 2:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.463 East, latitude -23.6296 South, depth = 552.93 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/17 / 2017-07-14 14:20:36 / July 14, 2017 @ 2:20 pm.
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 thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: South of the Fiji Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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