A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 64 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (40 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:07:47 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 563.62 km (350 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.95 West, latitude -21.18 South, depth = 563.62 km. Unique identifier: us2000cl9s. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cl9s. Global time and date of event 07/01/18 / 2018-01-07 06:07:47 / January 7, 2018 @ 6:07 am UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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