A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 39 km SSE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (24 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -178.5323 West, latitude -20.9712 South, depth = 586.85 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 586.85 km (365 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jc09. Id of event: us2000jc09. Global time and date of event 19/01/19 / 2019-01-19 19:18:38 / January 19, 2019 @ 7:18 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:18:38 / 7:18 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 39 km SSE of Ndoi Island, Fiji.
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