A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 283 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (176 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 506.83 km (315 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 22:58:58 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000gd81. Event ids that are associated: us1000gd81. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 10:58:58 / August 19, 2018 @ 10:58 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -178.2036 West, latitude -18.1328 South, depth = 506.83 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 283 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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