A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 297 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (185 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:03:14 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -178.33° West, -17.9853° South, depth 580.76 km. Unique identifier: us1000hh31. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hh31. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/10/18 / 2018-10-22 15:03:14 / October 22, 2018 @ 3:03 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 580.76 km (361 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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 six, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 297 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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