A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003e3b. Id of event: us70003e3b. Global time and date of event 20/04/19 / 2019-04-20 11:23:55 / April 20, 2019 @ 11:23 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -179.7347° West, -24.1986° South, depth 523.37 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 523.37 km (325 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:23:55 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: South of the Fiji Islands.
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