A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 74 km SW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (46 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7qk. Unique identifier: us2000j7qk. Exact location of event, longitude -179.1168 West, latitude -21.2017 South, depth = 623.95 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 08:19:35 / January 5, 2019 @ 8:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 623.95 km (388 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:19:35 / 8:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 74 km SW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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