A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 235 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (146 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/01/18 / 2018-01-29 15:14:51 / January 29, 2018 @ 3:14 pm. Unique identifier: us2000czkk. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000czkk. Exact location of event, longitude -178.6593 West, latitude -17.4072 South, depth = 529.05 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:14:51 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 529.05 km (329 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 235 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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