A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 182 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (113 miles) on Thursday. Event id: us10004udy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004udy. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/03/16 / 2016-03-03 15:56:28 / March 3, 2016 @ 3:56 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 583.09 km (362 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:56:28 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -179.3543 West, latitude -22.1787 South, depth = 583.09 km.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 182 km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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