A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 287 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (178 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j5tk. Id of event: us2000j5tk. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 609.64 km (379 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/01/19 / 2019-01-01 15:14:39 / January 1, 2019 @ 3:14 pm. Exact location, longitude -177.7433° West, latitude -18.2146° South, depth = 609.64 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:14:39 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 287 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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