A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:14:26 / 6:14 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000j8dj. Event ids that are associated: us2000j8dj. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 343.67 km (214 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -178.7651 West, latitude -25.9018 South, depth = 343.67 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/19 / 2019-01-24 18:14:26 / January 24, 2019 @ 6:14 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: South of the Fiji Islands.
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