A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 235 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (146 miles). Unique identifier: us2000j2xe. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j2xe. The epicenter was at a depth of 585.99 km (364 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/12/18 / 2018-12-23 02:56:28 / December 23, 2018 @ 2:56 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.1801 West, latitude -18.5767 South, depth = 585.99 km. The temblor was detected at 14:56:28 / 2:56 pm (local time epicenter). 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 235 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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