A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 288 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (179 miles) on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -178.0498° West, latitude -18.1157° South, depth = 621.92 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hayd. Id of event: us1000hayd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 621.92 km (386 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/10/18 / 2018-10-12 05:46:45 / October 12, 2018 @ 5:46 am. The temblor was detected at 17:46:45 / 5:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 288 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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