A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 159.924 km (99 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nyze. Unique identifier: us7000nyze. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:17:17 / 5:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.2138 West, latitude -24.963 South, depth = 159.924 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 05:17:17 / December 15, 2024 @ 5:17 am.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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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