A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 58 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji (36 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -178.1515° West, latitude -20.551° South, depth = 525.31 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 525.31 km (326 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 17:13:02 / May 20, 2018 @ 5:13 pm. Event id: us1000eb3q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eb3q. The temblor was picked up at 05:13:02 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 58 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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