A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 284 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (176 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/17 / 2017-12-10 16:59:05 / December 10, 2017 @ 4:59 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -178.3773° West, -17.8205° South, depth 552.62 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 552.62 km (343 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:59:05 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000c4ze. Event ids that are associated: us2000c4ze.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 284 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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