A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 127 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (79 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/18 / 2018-01-09 06:02:58 / January 9, 2018 @ 6:02 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 462.35 km (287 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 18:02:58 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 462.35 km, -177.5133° West, -20.3599° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cn71. Unique identifier: us2000cn71.
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 five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 127 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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