A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 286 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (178 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 02:23:02 / August 22, 2018 @ 2:23 am. Event id: us2000h60h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h60h. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.0191 West, latitude -18.1481 South, depth = 575.76 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 575.76 km (358 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 14:23:02 / 2:23 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 thirty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 286 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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