A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 273 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (170 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 576.49 km (358 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.9865 West, latitude -18.2764 South, depth = 576.49 km. Global time and date of event 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 01:39:52 / August 19, 2018 @ 1:39 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000gcqm. Event ids that are associated: us1000gcqm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:39:52 / 1:39 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 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: 273 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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