A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 250 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (155 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.5776 West, latitude -17.5447 South, depth = 582.33 km. 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: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 13:41:21 / January 9, 2020 @ 1:41 pm. Event id: us60007d1b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007d1b. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:41:21 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 582.33 km (362 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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