A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 279 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (173 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:00:49 / 2:00 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hgsa. Unique identifier: us2000hgsa. Exact location of event, longitude -178.5062 West, latitude -18.1329 South, depth = 545.7 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/09/18 / 2018-09-10 02:00:49 / September 10, 2018 @ 2:00 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 545.7 km (339 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 279 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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