A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 279 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (173 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 558.59 km (347 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 07:52:04 / January 23, 2018 @ 7:52 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ceed. Id of event: us1000ceed. Exact location, longitude -178.4424° West, latitude -18.1328° South, depth = 558.59 km. The temblor was detected at 19:52:04 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 279 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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