A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/11/17 / 2017-11-12 17:59:33 / November 12, 2017 @ 5:59 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 523.63 km (325 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000bmc1. Unique identifier: us2000bmc1. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:59:33 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.5838 West, latitude -24.1222 South, depth = 523.63 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: South of the Fiji Islands.
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