A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Suva in Fiji on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 21:50:12 / December 16, 2016 @ 9:50 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:50:12 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 562.93 km (350 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.291 East, latitude -17.8633 South, depth = 562.93 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007mae. Unique identifier: us10007mae.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Suva (c. 77 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Lautoka (c. 52 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Nadi (c. 42 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ba (c. 14 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nadi, Lautoka, Ba (min 5000 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km NNW of Suva, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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