A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 81 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (50 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -178.0763 West, latitude -20.2087 South, depth = 519.66 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:24:35 / 1:24 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70009elw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009elw. Global time and date of event 04/05/20 / 2020-05-04 13:24:35 / May 4, 2020 @ 1:24 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 519.66 km (323 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 81 km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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