A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 125 km SE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (78 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 466.36 km (290 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.9695 West, latitude -21.5549 South, depth = 466.36 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006xmy. Unique identifier: us70006xmy. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/19 / 2019-12-27 01:15:01 / December 27, 2019 @ 1:15 am. The temblor was picked up at 13:15:01 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 125 km SE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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