A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, Fiji region (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000df3h. Unique identifier: us7000df3h. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/03/21 / 2021-03-03 08:26:13 / March 3, 2021 @ 8:26 am. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:26:13 / 8:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 552.27 km (343 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -178.7464 West, latitude -21.1207 South, depth = 552.27 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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