A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 280 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (174 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 532.41 km (331 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/04/18 / 2018-04-16 17:40:32 / April 16, 2018 @ 5:40 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.5871 West, latitude -23.0468 South, depth = 532.41 km. Event id: us1000dpb8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dpb8. The temblor was picked up at 05:40:32 / 5:40 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 280 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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