A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 164 kilometers (102 miles) from Suva in Fiji. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/11/18 / 2018-11-02 22:01:06 / November 2, 2018 @ 10:01 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hprm. Unique identifier: us1000hprm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 537.89 km (334 miles). Exact location, longitude 179.9705° East, latitude -17.8916° South, depth = 537.89 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:01:06 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Levuka (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Levuka (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 164 km E of Suva, Fiji.
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