A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 120 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (75 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -177.5928 West, latitude -20.3326 South, depth = 500.27 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 500.27 km (311 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:37:57 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us700058sp. Unique identifier: us700058sp. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/08/19 / 2019-08-27 15:37:57 / August 27, 2019 @ 3:37 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 120 km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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