A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 120 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji (75 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 486.48 km (302 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/18 / 2018-11-17 22:42:45 / November 17, 2018 @ 10:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:42:45 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hvv9. Id of event: us1000hvv9. Exact location of earthquake, -177.5585° West, -20.499° South, depth 486.48 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 120 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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