A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 281 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (175 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 12:43:41 / August 20, 2018 @ 12:43 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 595.13 km (370 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000gjg1. Unique identifier: us1000gjg1. Exact location of earthquake, -178.3668° West, -18.1256° South, depth 595.13 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:43:41 / 12:43 am (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 fifty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 281 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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