A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 277 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (172 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/03/18 / 2018-03-20 06:58:38 / March 20, 2018 @ 6:58 am. The temblor was picked up at 18:58:38 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d6qh. Id of event: us1000d6qh. Exact location of event, longitude -178.13 West, latitude -18.2015 South, depth = 468.76 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 468.76 km (291 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 277 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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