A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 279 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (173 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 582.52 km (362 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/02/19 / 2019-02-15 03:47:29 / February 15, 2019 @ 3:47 am. Unique identifier: us2000jia1. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jia1. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:47:29 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -178.1047° West, -18.193° South, depth 582.52 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 279 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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