A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (51 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 22:42:40 / June 27, 2018 @ 10:42 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000fpmr. Unique identifier: us2000fpmr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 541.84 km (337 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.0458 West, latitude -20.2351 South, depth = 541.84 km. The temblor was detected at 10:42:40 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 82 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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