A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Suva in Fiji. Exact location of event, longitude 179.2006 East, latitude -18.1943 South, depth = 638.91 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/09/18 / 2018-09-06 23:40:14 / September 6, 2018 @ 11:40 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 638.91 km (397 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:40:14 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hglm. Id of event: us2000hglm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Suva (c. 77 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Levuka (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Suva, Levuka.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 80 km E of Suva, Fiji.
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