A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 54 km ESE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (34 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/06/19 / 2019-06-24 13:35:12 / June 24, 2019 @ 1:35 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 571.06 km, -178.2571° West, -20.9107° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700049dn. Id of event: us700049dn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 571.06 km (355 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:35:12 / 1:35 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 54 km ESE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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