A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 92 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji (57 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003iwp. Unique identifier: us70003iwp. Global time and date of event 30/04/19 / 2019-04-30 22:42:34 / April 30, 2019 @ 10:42 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -177.8171° West, latitude -20.7486° South, depth = 509.96 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 509.96 km (317 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:42:34 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 92 km E of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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