A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Suva in Fiji. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:02:36 / 3:02 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 495.39 km (308 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/19 / 2019-08-25 03:02:36 / August 25, 2019 @ 3:02 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70005a7x. Event ids that are associated: us70005a7x. Exact location of event, depth 495.39 km, 178.4927° East, -17.8694° South.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Fiji (c. 876 000 pop). The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Suva (c. 77 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Ba (c. 14 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Levuka (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ba, Levuka, Suva.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 30 km N of Suva, Fiji.
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