A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 279 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (173 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/12/18 / 2018-12-02 21:01:04 / December 2, 2018 @ 9:01 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 586.04 km (364 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.9215 West, latitude -18.2351 South, depth = 586.04 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000i0qe. Id of event: us1000i0qe. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:01:04 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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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