A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 293 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (182 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 634.37 km (394 miles). Exact location, longitude -178.0609° West, latitude -18.073° South, depth = 634.37 km. 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: 11/11/18 / 2018-11-11 08:02:45 / November 11, 2018 @ 8:02 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hqjd. Id of event: us1000hqjd. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:02:45 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 293 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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