A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 212 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (132 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 520.94 km (324 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:38:52 / 9:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.9377 West, latitude -17.4551 South, depth = 520.94 km. Id of earthquake: us600069ab. Event ids that are associated: us600069ab. 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: 01/11/19 / 2019-11-01 21:38:52 / November 1, 2019 @ 9:38 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 212 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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