A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 121 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (75 miles). Unique identifier: us1000du6u. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000du6u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -177.5725° West, latitude -20.364° South, depth = 491.56 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/04/18 / 2018-04-29 05:18:57 / April 29, 2018 @ 5:18 am. The temblor was detected at 17:18:57 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 491.56 km (305 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 121 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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