A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 120 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (75 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.606 West, latitude -20.3092 South, depth = 498.41 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a78q. Id of event: us2000a78q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 11/08/17 / 2017-08-11 07:20:43 / August 11, 2017 @ 7:20 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:20:43 / 7:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 498.41 km (310 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 120 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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