A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Lautoka in Fiji. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cixc. Id of event: us2000cixc. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:33:08 / 6:33 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 28/12/17 / 2017-12-28 18:33:08 / December 28, 2017 @ 6:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 178.0349° East, -16.9405° South, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lautoka, Ba. Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Lautoka (c. 52 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ba (c. 14 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 96 km NE of Lautoka, Fiji.
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