A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 119 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (74 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:46:26 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 01:46:26 / September 27, 2015 @ 1:46 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 582.65 km (362 miles). Unique identifier: us20003pey. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003pey. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.0106 West, latitude -19.7833 South, depth = 582.65 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 119 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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