A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 95 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (59 miles). Exact location of event, depth 473.17 km, -177.8457° West, -20.3492° South. The temblor was picked up at 13:49:11 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 01:49:11 / January 28, 2018 @ 1:49 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 473.17 km (294 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cyxg. Unique identifier: us2000cyxg.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 95 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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