A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Sunday. Event id: us6000n8dt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n8dt. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 04:48:40 / June 16, 2024 @ 4:48 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 525.243 km (326 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.9313 East, latitude -24.2516 South, depth = 525.243 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:48:40 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: south of the Fiji Islands.
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