A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 272 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (169 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -177.9988 West, latitude -18.2794 South, depth = 559.38 km. Unique identifier: us20007dke. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007dke. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/16 / 2016-10-01 11:55:11 / October 1, 2016 @ 11:55 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:55:11 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 559.38 km (348 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 272 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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