A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 103 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji (64 miles) on Friday. 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: 02/06/18 / 2018-06-02 11:23:24 / June 2, 2018 @ 11:23 am. Unique identifier: us1000ehd2. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ehd2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 530.53 km (330 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:23:24 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -177.7184° West, latitude -20.4844° South, depth = 530.53 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 103 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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