A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 605.616 km (376 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:02:49 / 2:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/04/25 / 2025-04-01 14:02:49 / April 1, 2025 @ 2:02 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 178.2852 East, latitude -25.3641 South, depth = 605.616 km. Id of earthquake: us6000q5f0. Event ids that are associated: us6000q5f0.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: south of the Fiji Islands.
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