A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 239 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (149 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 580.92 km (361 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -178.2111 West, latitude -18.5369 South, depth = 580.92 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/09/18 / 2018-09-05 23:10:27 / September 5, 2018 @ 11:10 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h919. Id of event: us2000h919. The temblor was picked up at 11:10:27 / 11:10 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 239 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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