A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 279 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (173 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:43:00 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -177.9575 West, latitude -18.227 South, depth = 572.03 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 572.03 km (355 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hh15. Unique identifier: us1000hh15. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/10/18 / 2018-10-21 03:43:00 / October 21, 2018 @ 3:43 am UTC/GMT.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 279 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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