A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Suva in Fiji on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/18 / 2018-09-25 20:08:10 / September 25, 2018 @ 8:08 pm. Exact location, longitude 179.0553° East, latitude -18.7391° South, depth = 557.5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h54z. Unique identifier: us1000h54z. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 557.5 km (346 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:08:10 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Suva, Levuka (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Suva (c. 77 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Levuka (c. 8 400 pop). Close country/countries, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 92 km SE of Suva, Fiji.
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