A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 227 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (141 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:45:31 / 12:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 540.86 km (336 miles). Global time and date of event 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 00:45:31 / November 15, 2018 @ 12:45 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000hvgv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hvgv. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.7945 West, latitude -17.4954 South, depth = 540.86 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 227 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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