A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 115 km W of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji (71 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/12/19 / 2019-12-25 10:19:22 / December 25, 2019 @ 10:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 173.4668 East, latitude -21.7445 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:19:22 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006xsh. Id of event: us70006xsh.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 115 km W of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji.
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