A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 118 km SW of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji (73 miles). Global time and date of event 30/04/18 / 2018-04-30 15:41:16 / April 30, 2018 @ 3:41 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 173.7802 East, latitude -22.5136 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:41:16 / 3:41 am (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000dxzg. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dxzg.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 118 km SW of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji.
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