A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 68 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (42 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 626.93 km (390 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:13:53 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60004ygx. Unique identifier: us60004ygx. Exact location of event, longitude -178.4144 West, latitude -20.0896 South, depth = 626.93 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/08/19 / 2019-08-01 10:13:53 / August 1, 2019 @ 10:13 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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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