A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 279 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji (173 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 553.29 km (344 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 553.29 km, -178.5335° West, -17.9622° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 14:23:27 / June 17, 2018 @ 2:23 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:23:27 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000etx5. Event ids that are associated: us1000etx5.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 279 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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