A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 237 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (147 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -179.4645° West, latitude -22.6691° South, depth = 573.24 km. Event id: us20007dpy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007dpy. Global time and date of event 04/10/16 / 2016-10-04 16:12:31 / October 4, 2016 @ 4:12 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 573.24 km (356 miles). The temblor was reported at 04:12:31 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 237 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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