A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 153 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (95 miles) on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000at4j. Id of event: us2000at4j. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/17 / 2017-09-16 22:33:13 / September 16, 2017 @ 10:33 pm. The temblor was picked up at 10:33:13 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -179.3562 West, latitude -17.0944 South, depth = 540.54 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 540.54 km (336 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 153 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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