A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 179 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (111 miles) on Friday. Exact location, longitude -179.4435° West, latitude -22.1154° South, depth = 577.12 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:38:15 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000c204. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c204. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 12:38:15 / December 8, 2017 @ 12:38 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 577.12 km (359 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 179 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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