A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 279 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (173 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 558.7 km (347 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000jn5q. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jn5q. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 08:20:42 / February 2, 2019 @ 8:20 am. Exact location, longitude -177.9921° West, latitude -18.2159° South, depth = 558.7 km. The temblor was detected at 20:20:42 / 8:20 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 279 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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