A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 288 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (179 miles) on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/10/19 / 2019-10-06 21:59:47 / October 6, 2019 @ 9:59 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:59:47 / 9:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 585.19 km (364 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 585.19 km, -178.0945° West, -18.1045° South. Event id: us70005udy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005udy.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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