A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, Fiji region (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b6p7. Unique identifier: us6000b6p7. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:53:57 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/07/20 / 2020-07-25 22:53:57 / July 25, 2020 @ 10:53 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -178.3692 West, latitude -20.5628 South, depth = 557.1 km. 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 557.1 km (346 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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