A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 73 km SW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (45 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:31:33 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 622.08 km (387 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -179.1025 West, latitude -21.1935 South, depth = 622.08 km. Global time and date of event 20/06/19 / 2019-06-20 07:31:33 / June 20, 2019 @ 7:31 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us600043jq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600043jq.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km SW of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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