A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 283 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (176 miles). Exact location, longitude -178.3806° West, latitude -18.1058° South, depth = 569.87 km. 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: us2000hibk. Id of event: us2000hibk. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/18 / 2018-09-16 03:30:15 / September 16, 2018 @ 3:30 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 569.87 km (354 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:30:15 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 283 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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