A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 247 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (153 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/01/19 / 2019-01-31 16:34:16 / January 31, 2019 @ 4:34 pm. Unique identifier: us2000jhfj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jhfj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -178.259 West, latitude -18.4526 South, depth = 600.74 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 600.74 km (373 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:34:16 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 247 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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