A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 538.361 km (335 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000pkuv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pkuv. Exact location, longitude -179.8609° West, latitude -23.1791° South, depth = 538.361 km. Global time and date of event 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 00:00:47 / January 18, 2025 @ 12:00 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:00:47 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter).
Every 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 nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: south of the Fiji Islands.
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