A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 92 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (57 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:48:19 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 559.72 km (348 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -179.0098 West, latitude -21.4292 South, depth = 559.72 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us700062z3. Unique identifier: us700062z3. Global time and date of event 26/10/19 / 2019-10-26 22:48:19 / October 26, 2019 @ 10:48 pm UTC/GMT.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 92 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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