A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 16 km S of Ndoi Island, Fiji (10 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 608.03 km (378 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/05/19 / 2019-05-03 00:37:35 / May 3, 2019 @ 12:37 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us70003kee. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003kee. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:37:35 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -178.6801° West, latitude -20.7967° South, depth = 608.03 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 16 km S of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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