A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 272 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (169 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 610.69 km (379 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -178.29 West, latitude -18.2192 South, depth = 610.69 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/03/19 / 2019-03-21 05:40:44 / March 21, 2019 @ 5:40 am. Unique identifier: us1000jjmj. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jjmj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:40:44 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days five hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 272 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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