A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gekn. Id of event: us1000gekn. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 522.34 km (325 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:55:35 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 522.34 km, -179.3581° West, -23.5223° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 12:55:35 / August 15, 2018 @ 12:55 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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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