A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 273 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (170 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/02/19 / 2019-02-07 19:25:34 / February 7, 2019 @ 7:25 pm. The temblor was detected at 07:25:34 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jnd1. Unique identifier: us2000jnd1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 433.58 km (269 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -179.4323° West, -23.0241° South, depth 433.58 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 273 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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