A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 98 km SW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (61 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 610.23 km (379 miles). Unique identifier: us2000fraz. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000fraz. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 04:29:50 / June 24, 2018 @ 4:29 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.2385 West, latitude -21.3849 South, depth = 610.23 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:29:50 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 98 km SW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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