A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 226 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (140 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10008gxt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008gxt. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:24:11 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 450 km (280 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.2698 West, latitude -19.1202 South, depth = 450 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/04/17 / 2017-04-06 19:24:11 / April 6, 2017 @ 7:24 pm.
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 eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 226 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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