A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.6558 West, latitude -24.0263 South, depth = 498.35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/08/19 / 2019-08-13 07:31:21 / August 13, 2019 @ 7:31 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 498.35 km (310 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:31:21 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us600057ij. Unique identifier: us600057ij. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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