A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Fiji region (0 miles). Unique identifier: us2000iyne. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000iyne. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/18 / 2018-12-28 17:05:53 / December 28, 2018 @ 5:05 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -178.0031° West, latitude -17.9123° South, depth = 592.9 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 592.9 km (368 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:05:53 / 5:05 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: Fiji region.
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