A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 297 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (185 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 615.53 km, -177.9517° West, -18.0618° South. The temblor was detected at 07:06:37 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter). 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: us1000h2sw. Unique identifier: us1000h2sw. Global time and date of event 19/09/18 / 2018-09-19 19:06:37 / September 19, 2018 @ 7:06 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 615.53 km (382 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 297 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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