A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 59 km NNW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (37 miles) on Monday. Unique identifier: us20005bnb. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005bnb. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.9475 West, latitude -20.1614 South, depth = 672.03 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 672.03 km (418 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:48:56 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/03/16 / 2016-03-22 04:48:56 / March 22, 2016 @ 4:48 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 59 km NNW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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