A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 291 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (181 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 591.56 km (368 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:05:36 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000gd4u. Event ids that are associated: us1000gd4u. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 08:05:36 / August 19, 2018 @ 8:05 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.9538 West, latitude -18.1121 South, depth = 591.56 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 291 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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