A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 279 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (173 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:18:53 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000j7qe. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7qe. Exact location, longitude -177.9282° West, latitude -18.2341° South, depth = 584.13 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 584.13 km (363 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 03:18:53 / January 5, 2019 @ 3:18 am.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 279 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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