A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 102 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (63 miles). Exact location of event, depth 582.28 km, -178.0788° West, -19.9337° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 04:14:08 / January 17, 2020 @ 4:14 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 582.28 km (362 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:14:08 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60007j81. Unique identifier: us60007j81. 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 102 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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