A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 288 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (179 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:51:11 / 1:51 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j9c3. Unique identifier: us2000j9c3. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/01/19 / 2019-01-27 01:51:11 / January 27, 2019 @ 1:51 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 606.41 km (377 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -177.7998° West, -18.1846° South, depth 606.41 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 288 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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