A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 128 km W of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji (80 miles) on Thursday. Global time and date of event 25/12/19 / 2019-12-25 12:05:55 / December 25, 2019 @ 12:05 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006xsp. Unique identifier: us70006xsp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:05:55 / 12:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 173.3514° East, latitude -21.9334° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 128 km W of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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