A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 269 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji (167 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000hgxr. Event ids that are associated: us1000hgxr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/10/18 / 2018-10-20 06:50:59 / October 20, 2018 @ 6:50 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:50:59 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.6223 West, latitude -17.9143 South, depth = 554.54 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 554.54 km (345 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-one 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 269 km SE of Lambasa, Fiji.
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