A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005gc4. Id of event: us10005gc4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 179.3393 East, latitude -23.781 South, depth = 543.97 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:04:39 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/05/16 / 2016-05-01 13:04:39 / May 1, 2016 @ 1:04 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 543.97 km (338 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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