A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 237 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (147 miles). Global time and date of event 06/10/18 / 2018-10-06 12:25:51 / October 6, 2018 @ 12:25 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -179.6651 West, latitude -22.5949 South, depth = 574.94 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hb05. Id of event: us1000hb05. The epicenter was at a depth of 574.94 km (357 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:25:51 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 237 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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