A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700058gf. Id of event: us700058gf. The temblor was picked up at 14:57:38 / 2:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/19 / 2019-08-19 02:57:38 / August 19, 2019 @ 2:57 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -179.6572 West, latitude -23.6238 South, depth = 554.2 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 554.2 km (344 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: South of the Fiji Islands.
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