A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 290 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (180 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivw0. Id of event: us2000ivw0. The temblor was picked up at 23:37:15 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 582.64 km (362 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.0381 West, latitude -18.1017 South, depth = 582.64 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 11:37:15 / December 16, 2018 @ 11:37 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 290 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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