A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Fiji region (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us700036fe. Unique identifier: us700036fe. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 538.84 km (335 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 06:44:07 / 6:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -177.9932° West, latitude -17.8358° South, depth = 538.84 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 18:44:07 / April 7, 2019 @ 6:44 pm.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-three 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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