A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Ba in Fiji. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/06/20 / 2020-06-07 03:42:37 / June 7, 2020 @ 3:42 am. Event id: us6000a7ci. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a7ci. Exact location, longitude 177.4254° East, latitude -16.7175° South, depth = 10 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:42:37 / 3:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 100 km (62 miles) from Lautoka (c. 52 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ba (c. 14 600 pop). Close country/countries, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lautoka, Ba (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight 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. 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: 94 km NNW of Ba, Fiji.
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