A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 120 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (75 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 475.7 km (296 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -177.5916° West, -20.3332° South, depth 475.7 km. The temblor was detected at 12:18:48 / 12:18 pm (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: 12/01/19 / 2019-01-12 00:18:48 / January 12, 2019 @ 12:18 am. Event id: us2000j9ri. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j9ri.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 120 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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