A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 11:57:27 / December 16, 2018 @ 11:57 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.7397 West, latitude -23.4972 South, depth = 541.37 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:57:27 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ivw1. Unique identifier: us2000ivw1. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 541.37 km (336 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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