A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 109 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (68 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 593.12 km (369 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:06:10 / 10:06 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10006uzu. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006uzu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/16 / 2016-09-24 22:06:10 / September 24, 2016 @ 10:06 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.2899 West, latitude -19.7374 South, depth = 593.12 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 109 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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