A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 82 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (51 miles). Exact location of event, depth 566.8 km, -178.1185° West, -20.1489° South. Unique identifier: us70003m4e. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003m4e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/05/19 / 2019-05-08 20:06:10 / May 8, 2019 @ 8:06 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 566.8 km (352 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:06:10 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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