A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Lambasa in Fiji on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/08/19 / 2019-08-29 08:41:31 / August 29, 2019 @ 8:41 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:41:31 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.8481 East, latitude -16.0293 South, depth = 540.95 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 540.95 km (336 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005bxs. Id of event: us70005bxs.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lambasa. Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Lambasa (c. 27 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 65 km NE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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