A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 273 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (170 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.0958 West, latitude -18.2423 South, depth = 537.36 km. 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 537.36 km (334 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000itij. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000itij. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/18 / 2018-12-14 08:11:43 / December 14, 2018 @ 8:11 am. The temblor was picked up at 20:11:43 / 8:11 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 273 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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