A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 131 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (81 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000h8qz. Unique identifier: us2000h8qz. 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 572.41 km (356 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 00:34:40 / 12:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -179.0807° West, -21.7835° South, depth 572.41 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/18 / 2018-08-27 12:34:40 / August 27, 2018 @ 12:34 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 131 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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