A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -179.9682° West, -25.0088° South, depth 486.72 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j2jq. Unique identifier: us2000j2jq. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:47:41 / 5:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 486.72 km (302 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 22/12/18 / 2018-12-22 05:47:41 / December 22, 2018 @ 5:47 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: South of the Fiji Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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