A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 299 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (186 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.2138 West, latitude -17.9826 South, depth = 591.79 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005cr1. Unique identifier: us20005cr1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 591.79 km (368 miles). Global time and date of event 27/03/16 / 2016-03-27 17:37:47 / March 27, 2016 @ 5:37 pm UTC/GMT. 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 05:37:47 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 299 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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