A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 160 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (99 miles). Event id: us2000cpay. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cpay. The temblor was detected at 04:02:47 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 16:02:47 / January 11, 2018 @ 4:02 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 385.13 km, -177.411° West, -19.8597° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 385.13 km (239 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 160 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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