A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 279 km N of Ndoi Island, Fiji (173 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/03/19 / 2019-03-26 14:41:49 / March 26, 2019 @ 2:41 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 537.89 km (334 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 537.89 km, -178.2268° West, -18.1646° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000k9nw. Unique identifier: us2000k9nw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:41:49 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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 N of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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