A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 269 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (167 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 497.56 km (309 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -178.1306° West, latitude -18.2744° South, depth = 497.56 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us60004vwc. Unique identifier: us60004vwc. Global time and date of event 18/07/19 / 2019-07-18 21:07:01 / July 18, 2019 @ 9:07 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:07:01 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 269 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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