A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 295 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (183 miles) on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us1000giqh. Event ids that are associated: us1000giqh. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 15:23:41 / August 19, 2018 @ 3:23 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 565.36 km (351 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -178.2132 West, latitude -18.0181 South, depth = 565.36 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:23:41 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-nine, in the last 10 days seventy, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 295 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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