A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 294 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (183 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70004n44. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004n44. Exact location, longitude -177.8364° West, latitude -18.1214° South, depth = 601.46 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 22:58:17 / July 8, 2019 @ 10:58 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 601.46 km (374 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:58:17 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 294 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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