A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, Fiji region (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.8028 West, latitude -17.9166 South, depth = 578.97 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 578.97 km (360 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 11:10:40 / August 19, 2018 @ 11:10 am. Unique identifier: us1000gipp. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000gipp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:10:40 / 11:10 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-nine 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.
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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: Fiji region.
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