A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 266 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (165 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/09/18 / 2018-09-12 18:37:23 / September 12, 2018 @ 6:37 pm. The temblor was picked up at 06:37:23 / 6:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -178.2684° West, latitude -18.2754° South, depth = 557.78 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 557.78 km (347 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000hhkz. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hhkz.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 266 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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