A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 246 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (153 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 566.24 km (352 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 04:31:19 / August 20, 2018 @ 4:31 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000gjf3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gjf3. The temblor was detected at 16:31:19 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -178.1707° West, latitude -18.4786° South, depth = 566.24 km.
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 three, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 246 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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