A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 135.26 km (84 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:51:24 / 7:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.5265 West, latitude -26.1513 South, depth = 135.26 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000awlr. Unique identifier: us1000awlr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/10/17 / 2017-10-17 19:51:24 / October 17, 2017 @ 7:51 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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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