A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 145 km S of Ndoi Island, Fiji (90 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:48:19 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/05/16 / 2016-05-21 18:48:19 / May 21, 2016 @ 6:48 pm. Exact location, longitude -178.7631° West, latitude -21.9643° South, depth = 559.5 km. Event id: us20005yhn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005yhn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 559.5 km (348 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Every 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 four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 145 km S of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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