A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 259 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (161 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 589.87 km (367 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 11:42:30 / August 19, 2018 @ 11:42 am. Unique identifier: us1000gipx. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000gipx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -178.2137 West, latitude -18.3515 South, depth = 589.87 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:42:30 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 259 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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