A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Lautoka in Fiji on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hrus. Unique identifier: us1000hrus. Global time and date of event 14/11/18 / 2018-11-14 20:42:17 / November 14, 2018 @ 8:42 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 177.5889° East, -16.8908° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:42:17 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lautoka, Ba (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Lautoka (c. 52 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ba (c. 14 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 81 km N of Lautoka, Fiji.
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