A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 293 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (182 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:42:59 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.3016 West, latitude -18.0233 South, depth = 629.16 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002ygb. Unique identifier: us20002ygb. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 629.16 km (391 miles). Global time and date of event 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 23:42:59 / July 18, 2015 @ 11:42 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 293 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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