A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 261 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (162 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -178.3981° West, -18.3018° South, depth 532.41 km. The temblor was reported at 12:18:28 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/09/18 / 2018-09-13 00:18:28 / September 13, 2018 @ 12:18 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 532.41 km (331 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hi4p. Unique identifier: us2000hi4p. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 261 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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