A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 276 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (171 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/04/17 / 2017-04-11 04:13:55 / April 11, 2017 @ 4:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -178.7243° West, latitude -18.1548° South, depth = 561.29 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 561.29 km (349 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:13:55 / 4:13 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008inf. Id of event: us10008inf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 276 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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