A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 257 km S of Ndoi Island, Fiji (160 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 493.86 km, -178.9881° West, -22.9603° South. Id of earthquake: us20009y32. Event ids that are associated: us20009y32. The epicenter was at a depth of 493.86 km (307 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/07/17 / 2017-07-14 14:56:19 / July 14, 2017 @ 2:56 pm. The temblor was reported at 02:56:19 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 257 km S of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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