A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 257 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (160 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 599.67 km (373 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/19 / 2019-01-09 14:49:37 / January 9, 2019 @ 2:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:49:37 / 2:49 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000j8sx. Event ids that are associated: us2000j8sx. Exact location of event, longitude -178.5732 West, latitude -17.6676 South, depth = 599.67 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-eight 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 257 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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