A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 283 km E of Levuka, Fiji (176 miles) on Friday. Event id: us7000cq9h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cq9h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:25:56 / 2:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -178.0201° West, -17.7839° South, depth 503.76 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 503.76 km (313 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 11/12/20 / 2020-12-11 14:25:56 / December 11, 2020 @ 2:25 pm UTC/GMT.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-one 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 283 km E of Levuka, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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