A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Suva in Fiji. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gim6. Id of event: us1000gim6. Exact location of earthquake, 179.0973° East, -17.9451° South, depth 607.63 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 03:16:55 / August 19, 2018 @ 3:16 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 607.63 km (378 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:16:55 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Suva (c. 77 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Levuka (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Suva, Levuka (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 72 km ENE of Suva, Fiji.
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