A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 295 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (183 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/18 / 2018-12-09 16:46:46 / December 9, 2018 @ 4:46 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 04:46:46 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 602.11 km (374 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 602.11 km, -177.9861° West, -18.0685° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000itjt. Id of event: us2000itjt.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 295 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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