A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Fiji region (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.9476 West, latitude -17.8552 South, depth = 436.6 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:29:08 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 04:29:08 / December 21, 2019 @ 4:29 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006x0m. Unique identifier: us70006x0m. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 436.6 km (271 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: Fiji region.
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