A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). Exact location, longitude -176.1555° West, latitude -26.9662° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j8vp. Unique identifier: us2000j8vp. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/01/19 / 2019-01-11 02:52:14 / January 11, 2019 @ 2:52 am. The temblor was reported at 14:52:14 / 2:52 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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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