A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:17:04 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10008n7j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008n7j. Exact location, longitude -177.7312° West, latitude -26.3429° South, depth = 188.78 km. 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 188.78 km (117 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 23/04/17 / 2017-04-23 11:17:04 / April 23, 2017 @ 11:17 am UTC/GMT.
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 two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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