A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Fiji region (0 miles). Exact location, longitude -178.1139° West, latitude -20.0633° South, depth = 600.5 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:27:29 / 11:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/05/17 / 2017-05-06 11:27:29 / May 6, 2017 @ 11:27 am. Id of earthquake: us10008rsu. Event ids that are associated: us10008rsu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 600.5 km (373 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
Did you feel anything?
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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: Fiji region.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply