A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Lautoka in Fiji. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 177.3001 East, latitude -16.7013 South, depth = 8.75 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.75 km (5 miles). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:45:31 / 12:45 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/05/18 / 2018-05-01 12:45:31 / May 1, 2018 @ 12:45 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000dvav. Event ids that are associated: us1000dvav.
Country/countries that might be effected, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 103 km (64 miles) from Lautoka (c. 52 500 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Ba (c. 14 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lautoka, Ba (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 102 km N of Lautoka, Fiji.
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