A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 140 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (87 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c20b. Id of event: us2000c20b. Exact location, longitude -179.2615° West, latitude -21.8073° South, depth = 510.87 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/17 / 2017-12-01 00:18:59 / December 1, 2017 @ 12:18 am. The temblor was picked up at 12:18:59 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 510.87 km (317 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 140 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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