A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 83 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (52 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:37:10 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/01/19 / 2019-01-22 15:37:10 / January 22, 2019 @ 3:37 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000je36. Unique identifier: us2000je36. Exact location, longitude -177.9546° West, latitude -20.3726° South, depth = 545.16 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 545.16 km (339 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 83 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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