A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 276 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (171 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 629.5 km (391 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -177.8532 West, latitude -18.2859 South, depth = 629.5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700036f6. Id of event: us700036f6. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 11:24:45 / April 7, 2019 @ 11:24 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:24:45 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 276 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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