A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/24 / 2024-10-27 08:07:55 / October 27, 2024 @ 8:07 am. The temblor was detected at 08:07:55 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 179.8317 East, latitude -24.7196 South, depth = 524.61 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nrs8. Id of event: us7000nrs8. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 524.61 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).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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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