A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 293 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (182 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/10/18 / 2018-10-09 03:01:28 / October 9, 2018 @ 3:01 am. Id of earthquake: us1000h94d. Event ids that are associated: us1000h94d. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 577.61 km (359 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:01:28 / 3:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 577.61 km, -177.9127° West, -18.1046° South.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 293 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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