A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 290 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (180 miles) on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006wn8. Unique identifier: us70006wn8. Exact location, longitude -178.1448° West, latitude -18.0771° South, depth = 620.3 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/01/20 / 2020-01-08 23:34:44 / January 8, 2020 @ 11:34 pm. The temblor was picked up at 11:34:44 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 620.3 km (385 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 290 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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