A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 118 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji (73 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/10/17 / 2017-10-16 06:37:40 / October 16, 2017 @ 6:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:37:40 / 6:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -177.5701° West, latitude -20.7649° South, depth = 498.23 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000asn8. Id of event: us1000asn8. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 498.23 km (310 miles).
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 four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 118 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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