A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 67 km NW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (42 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/03/19 / 2019-03-16 05:36:39 / March 16, 2019 @ 5:36 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -179.0843° West, -20.1625° South, depth 665.56 km. Id of earthquake: us1000jkcu. Event ids that are associated: us1000jkcu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 665.56 km (414 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:36:39 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 67 km NW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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