A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 145 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (90 miles) on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ddyb. Unique identifier: us1000ddyb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 549.62 km (342 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:23:33 / 12:23 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/04/18 / 2018-04-04 00:23:33 / April 4, 2018 @ 12:23 am. Exact location of earthquake, -177.5804° West, -19.8635° South, depth 549.62 km.
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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 145 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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