A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 287 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (178 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.1128 West, latitude -18.112 South, depth = 578.78 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000heej. Id of event: us1000heej. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 04:14:11 / October 15, 2018 @ 4:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 578.78 km (360 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:14:11 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 287 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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