A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h9gj. Unique identifier: us1000h9gj. 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 489.15 km (304 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 15:56:34 / October 2, 2018 @ 3:56 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:56:34 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -179.7502 West, latitude -23.8518 South, depth = 489.15 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: South of the Fiji Islands.
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