A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 138 kilometers (86 miles) from Suva in Fiji on Saturday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:38:06 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 19:38:06 / September 28, 2018 @ 7:38 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 655.81 km (408 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h74e. Unique identifier: us1000h74e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 655.81 km, 179.6129° East, -18.6981° South.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Levuka (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levuka. Close country/countries, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 138 km ESE of Suva, Fiji.
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