A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 178 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (111 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 536.45 km (333 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003np2. Id of event: us70003np2. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:55:45 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -177.2683° West, latitude -19.7782° South, depth = 536.45 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/05/19 / 2019-05-20 19:55:45 / May 20, 2019 @ 7:55 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and one 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 178 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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