A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Levuka in Fiji. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:18:50 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/24 / 2024-07-31 15:18:50 / July 31, 2024 @ 3:18 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 619.081 km (385 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.965 East, latitude -17.6462 South, depth = 619.081 km. Unique identifier: us6000nh4k. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nh4k.
Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Levuka (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levuka (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 82 km NE of Levuka, Fiji.
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