A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). Exact location, longitude 179.6584° East, latitude -25.4195° South, depth = 500.93 km. The temblor was reported at 11:02:53 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 500.93 km (311 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/04/17 / 2017-04-22 23:02:53 / April 22, 2017 @ 11:02 pm. Id of earthquake: us10008n70. Event ids that are associated: us10008n70. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: South of the Fiji Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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