A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 57 km SSE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (35 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -178.5635° West, -21.1536° South, depth 551.41 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007ksn. Id of event: us70007ksn. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:38:03 / 10:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/02/20 / 2020-02-07 10:38:03 / February 7, 2020 @ 10:38 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 551.41 km (343 miles).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km SSE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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