A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 71 km SW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (44 miles). Exact location of event, depth 626.84 km, -179.0874° West, -21.1798° South. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:10:49 / 11:10 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 626.84 km (390 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20005ykt. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005ykt. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/16 / 2016-05-23 11:10:49 / May 23, 2016 @ 11:10 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-five 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 71 km SW of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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