A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 141 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (88 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:11:43 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000gf3m. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000gf3m. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 585.4 km (364 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 585.4 km, -177.9025° West, -19.6154° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 15:11:43 / July 23, 2018 @ 3:11 pm.
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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 141 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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