A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 239 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (149 miles). Global time and date of event 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 23:43:24 / August 22, 2018 @ 11:43 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000h61n. Unique identifier: us2000h61n. Exact location of event, depth 568.09 km, -178.2146° West, -18.5375° South. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:43:24 / 11:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 568.09 km (353 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and ten, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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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