A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 20 km ESE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (12 miles). Exact location of event, depth 574.67 km, -178.5085° West, -20.7046° South. Id of earthquake: us2000bvy1. Event ids that are associated: us2000bvy1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 574.67 km (357 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:18:47 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 12:18:47 / November 20, 2017 @ 12:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km ESE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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