A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 300 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (186 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 574.63 km (357 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/18 / 2018-12-17 02:30:00 / December 17, 2018 @ 2:30 am. The temblor was picked up at 14:30:00 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -178.0641° West, -17.5647° South, depth 574.63 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ivxk. Unique identifier: us2000ivxk.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 300 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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