A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, south of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.7771 East, latitude -24.765 South, depth = 511.3 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/20 / 2020-07-14 19:59:50 / July 14, 2020 @ 7:59 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 511.3 km (318 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:59:50 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ashu. Id of event: us7000ashu.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: south of the Fiji Islands.
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