A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 119 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (74 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 492.72 km (306 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 492.72 km, -177.6672° West, -20.1944° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ckbh. Unique identifier: us2000ckbh. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/01/18 / 2018-01-17 15:41:13 / January 17, 2018 @ 3:41 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 03:41:13 / 3:41 am (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 119 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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