A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -179.5408 West, latitude -25.7331 South, depth = 501.557 km. The temblor was reported at 20:10:13 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/11/24 / 2024-11-29 20:10:13 / November 29, 2024 @ 8:10 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ny7m. Unique identifier: us7000ny7m. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 501.557 km (312 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: south of the Fiji Islands.
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