A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 72 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji (45 miles) on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/12/18 / 2018-12-31 13:15:17 / December 31, 2018 @ 1:15 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -178.0087° West, latitude -20.5543° South, depth = 522.98 km. Id of earthquake: us2000izfk. Event ids that are associated: us2000izfk. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 522.98 km (325 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 01:15:17 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 72 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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