A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 191 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (119 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 550.09 km (342 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 02:05:05 / July 29, 2018 @ 2:05 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ggf3. Id of event: us2000ggf3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -177.5084° West, latitude -19.3375° South, depth = 550.09 km. The temblor was reported at 14:05:05 / 2:05 pm (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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 191 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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