A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 94 km SE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (58 miles) on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/10/16 / 2016-10-20 21:44:57 / October 20, 2016 @ 9:44 pm. Event id: us20007gnl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007gnl. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:44:57 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter). 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 480.62 km (299 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.9589 West, latitude -21.1478 South, depth = 480.62 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 94 km SE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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