A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 276 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji (171 miles) on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us60004x2g. Unique identifier: us60004x2g. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/19 / 2019-07-21 16:10:41 / July 21, 2019 @ 4:10 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:10:41 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 597.3 km (371 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 597.3 km, -178.3471° West, -17.624° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 276 km ESE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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