A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Lambasa in Fiji. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jpml. Unique identifier: us2000jpml. Exact location of earthquake, 178.8392° East, -16.3231° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:08:08 / 3:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/02/19 / 2019-02-17 03:08:08 / February 17, 2019 @ 3:08 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Lambasa (c. 27 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lambasa (min 5000 pop).
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 one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km W of Lambasa, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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