A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 288 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (179 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 03:06:53 / August 19, 2018 @ 3:06 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000gcu4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gcu4. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:06:53 / 3:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -178.0121 West, latitude -18.1298 South, depth = 583.27 km. 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 583.27 km (362 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 288 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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