A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 143 kilometers (89 miles) from Suva in Fiji on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.3 km (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 179.7327° East, -17.7384° South, depth 34.3 km. Global time and date of event 19/07/18 / 2018-07-19 20:34:37 / July 19, 2018 @ 8:34 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gcut. Id of event: us2000gcut. The temblor was reported at 08:34:37 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Levuka. Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Levuka (c. 8 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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