A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 322 km E of Levuka, Fiji (200 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -177.6355 West, latitude -18.1987 South, depth = 392.71 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/06/20 / 2020-06-06 21:18:25 / June 6, 2020 @ 9:18 pm. 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: us6000aang. Id of event: us6000aang. The temblor was reported at 21:18:25 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 392.71 km (244 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 322 km E of Levuka, Fiji.
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