A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 39 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (24 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/05/16 / 2016-05-19 00:48:40 / May 19, 2016 @ 12:48 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.3466 West, latitude -20.5157 South, depth = 561.93 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 561.93 km (349 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 temblor was picked up at 12:48:40 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20005y1v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005y1v.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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