A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 66 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (41 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:32:17 / 11:32 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 548.75 km (341 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -178.1341 West, latitude -20.3769 South, depth = 548.75 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/11/17 / 2017-11-20 23:32:17 / November 20, 2017 @ 11:32 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvyt. Id of event: us2000bvyt.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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