A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 125 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji (78 miles) on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 03/02/21 / 2021-02-03 19:34:01 / February 3, 2021 @ 7:34 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 588.64 km, -179.544° West, -17.7472° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 588.64 km (366 miles). Unique identifier: us6000dga3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000dga3. The temblor was detected at 19:34:01 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter). 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 quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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