A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 52 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (32 miles). Unique identifier: us60003t63. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003t63. The temblor was picked up at 10:07:11 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/05/19 / 2019-05-20 22:07:11 / May 20, 2019 @ 10:07 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -178.8661 West, latitude -21.1013 South, depth = 580.1 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 580.1 km (360 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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