A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 293 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (182 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 548.81 km (341 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:16:13 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 548.81 km, -178.1549° West, -18.0488° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/19 / 2019-02-01 19:16:13 / February 1, 2019 @ 7:16 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jhgq. Id of event: us2000jhgq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 six, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 293 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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